(MUSIC)
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>>AMONG THE PEOPLE LIVING THE
TROPICS, FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS,
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THE COCONUT HAS BEEN
A VIRTUAL TREE OF LIFE.
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THE PEOPLE USE IT FOR FOOD, FOR
CLOTHING, FOR WATER, FOR TOOLS,
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SOAP - IT DOES
JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING.
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THE COCONUT HAS ALSO
SAVED A LOT OF LIVES.
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DURING WORLD WAR II, PILOTS THAT
WERE SHOT DOWN OR SAILORS THAT
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WERE STRANDED ON PACIFIC
ISLANDS, THEY LIVED FOR MANY
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MONTHS ON NOTHING OTHER THAN
THE COCONUT TREES THAT WERE ON
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THEIR ISLANDS. YESSIR,
THE COCONUT IS A TREE OF LIFE.
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ONE OF THE AMAZING THINGS ABOUT
THE COCONUT IS THEY'RE DESIGNED
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SO THEY'RE ACTUALLY
ABLE TO FLOAT ACROSS OCEANS.
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COCONUTS CAN GO THOUSANDS
OF MILES AFTER MANY MONTHS, BE
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WASHED UP ON SOME DESERTED
SANDY BEACH, THEN THEY TAKE
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ROOT, SPROUT, COME TO LIFE,
AND THEY'LL DEVELOP A WHOLE NEW
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ECOSYSTEM, HOLDING ISLANDS
IN PLACE THROUGH A HURRICANE.
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WHEN THE ANCIENT POLYNESIAN
TRAVELERS CROSSING OCEANS SAW
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AN ISLAND WITH COCONUT
TREES, THEY KNEW THERE WAS HOPE.
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IT'S AMAZING HOW, IN VIRTUALLY
NO TIME AT ALL, THOSE LIVING ON
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PACIFIC ISLANDS KNOW HOW TO MAKE
BASKETS AND ALL KINDS OF TOOLS
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FROM THE LEAVES
OF THE COCONUT TREE.
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THE COCONUTS EVEN SERVE
DIFFERENT PURPOSES AT DIFFERENT
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TIMES IN THEIR DEVELOPMENT.
THE YOUNGER, GREEN COCONUTS,
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THEY'RE FULL OF WATER
AND THAT'LL KEEP YOU ALIVE.
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YOU CAN EVEN MAKE YOUR
UTENSILS FROM THE COCONUT.
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MY SPOON IS PART OF THE
GREEN SHELL AND HERE, THIS IS A
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COCONUT JELLY -
MAKES GOOD FOR BREAKFAST.
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THE MORE MATURE COCONUTS,
THAT'S WHERE YOU GET THE MEAT -
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BUT YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
THEY'RE NOT BAD AND THE WAY THAT
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YOU TEST THIS IS YOU
CAN HEAR THE WATER INSIDE.
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HERE, BRING THAT MIC
OVER HERE. CAN YOU HEAR IT?
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THAT'S A GOOD ONE.
HOW ABOUT WE TAKE A BITE?
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NOW THAT MAKES A MEAL THAT WILL
REALLY FILL YOU UP AND IT CLEANS
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YOUR TEETH AT THE SAME TIME.
THROUGHOUT THE BIBLE, JESUS
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USES A NUMBER OF
METAPHORS TO REMIND US
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THAT EVERYTHING WE NEED
TO SURVIVE COMES FROM HIM.
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HE SAYS THAT
HE'S THE LIVING WATER.
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JESUS TELLS US THAT
HE IS THE BREAD OF LIFE.
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HIS ROBE COVERS US
WITH RIGHTEOUSNESS.
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HE IS OUR GOOD
SHEPHERD THAT PROTECTS US.
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JESUS IS THE LIVING VINE THROUGH
WHICH WE GET OUR LIFE AND OUR
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NOURISHMENT. YOU
MIGHT SAY JESUS IS LIKE THE
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COCONUT TREE - A TREE OF LIFE.
YOU KNOW, THE FIRST FEW VERSES
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IN THE BIBLE TELL THAT GOD
PROVIDED A TREE OF LIFE FOR MAN
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SO THAT HE COULD LIVE FOREVER.
BUT, BECAUSE OF SIN, MAN WAS
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SEPARATED FROM THAT
TREE AND FROM THE GARDEN.
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BUT THROUGH TRUSTING IN JESUS
AND TRUSTING IN HIS SACRIFICE ON
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THE CROSS, WE ONCE AGAIN WILL
HAVE ACCESS TO THE TREE OF LIFE
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AND HAVE ETERNAL LIFE
WITH HIM IN THE KINGDOM.
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BUT THIS IS ALL MADE POSSIBLE
BECAUSE WE TRUST IN JESUS,
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WHO IS THE REAL TREE OF LIFE.
JESUS SAID, 'UNLESS YOU EAT MY
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FLESH AND DRINK MY BLOOD,
YOU HAVE NO LIFE IN YOU.' BUT
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WHEN WE ACCEPT CHRIST AS OUR
SACRIFICE, AND WE ALLOW HIM TO
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CLEANSE US AND FILL US WITH HIS
SPIRIT, WE BECOME NEW CREATURES
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AND WE CAN BE WITH
HIM IN SHARING THE GIFT OF
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EVERLASTING LIFE WITH OTHERS.
MATTER OF FACT, WE COULD DO THAT
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RIGHT NOW BY TOSSING A
COCONUT OUT AND PRAYING THAT IT
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LANDS ON A
DESERTED BEACH. (MUSIC)
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TONIGHT'S MESSAGE IS
DEALING WITH PRISON BREAK
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OR FROM THE PRISON TO THE
PALACE - BECAUSE THE BIBLE
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IS FULL OF STORIES OF
HOW GOD LIBERATES PEOPLE.
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YOU KNOW, THE UNITED
STATES HAS A STATISTIC
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THAT WE
SHOULDN'T BE VERY PROUD OF.
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THERE ARE MORE PEOPLE,
PER CAPITA, IN PRISON IN THE
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UNITED STATES THAN ANY
OTHER COUNTRY IN THE WORLD.
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2,220,000 PEOPLE ARE IN
PRISON - FEDERAL PRISONS
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OR JAILS - IN THE
U.S. AND ITS TERRITORIES.
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NOW WHEN YOU THINK
ABOUT THAT, CHINA HAS 1.4
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BILLION PEOPLE AND THERE
ARE FEWER PEOPLE IN PRISON
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IN CHINA THAN THE UNITED STATES.
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MATTER OF FACT, IN THE U.S.
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TODAY, WE'VE GOT MORE
PRISONERS THAN FARMERS.
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ONE OUT OF A
HUNDRED PEOPLE IS IN PRISON.
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AND THAT'S A WHOLE OTHER
SERMON ABOUT WHAT MIGHT BE
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HAPPENING TO THE MORALS
OF THE COUNTRY THAT WOULD
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PRECIPITATE THAT, BUT
I'VE DONE SOME PRISON MINISTRY.
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AMAZING FACTS HAS A LOT
OF PEOPLE THAT WE'VE REACHED
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OUT TO IN PRISON AND
THEIR LIVES HAVE BEEN
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TRANSFORMED BY THE
POWER OF THE GOSPEL.
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I'M NOT PROUD OF IT,
BUT I HAVE BEEN INCARCERATED
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BEFORE. NOT ALL OF MY PRISON
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EXPERIENCE WAS JUST VISITING.
(LAUGHTER) SO I CAN RELATE
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TO WHAT WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT TODAY AND I CAN
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TESTIFY THAT IT IS
GOOD TO BE SET FREE.
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(LAUGHTER) IT'S NO FUN
WHEN YOU ARE CHAINED AND
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BOUND. YOU KNOW, THERE'S AN
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INTERESTING VERSE IN
THE BIBLE AND I'LL BET IF I
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GIVE OUT JUST THE TEXT
THERE'S PROBABLY NOT ONE
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IN A THOUSAND THAT
CAN QUOTE IT TO ME.
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ECCLESIASTES
4:14. LET ME TELL YOU
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WHAT THAT SAYS.
IT'S WRITTEN BY SOLOMON,
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"ONE CAN INDEED COME
OUT OF PRISON TO REIGN; EVEN
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THOUGH BORN
POOR IN THE KINGDOM."
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SOMEONE CAN COME OUT
OF PRISON TO REIGN EVEN
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THOUGH BORN POOR IN THE KINGDOM.
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NOW WE'VE ALL
HEARD ABOUT SOMEONE NAMED
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NELSON MANDELA. HE
WAS A VERY FAMOUS SOUTH
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AFRICAN ACTIVIST - SERVED
27 YEARS IN PRISON BECAUSE
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OF HIS STRUGGLE
AGAINST APARTHEID BUT THEN
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HE WAS RELEASED. IN
APRIL 27, 1994, HE WAS
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ELECTED THE PRESIDENT
OF THE COUNTRY THAT HAD
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IMPRISONED HIM.
CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT A
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RADICAL CHANGE THAT
WOULD BE - TO LOOK AT PRISON
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WALLS ALL OF THOSE
YEARS AND THEN BE USHERED INTO
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THE HIGHEST
APARTMENT IN THE COUNTRY AND BE
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SURROUNDED WITH
SERVANTS AND OPULENCE.
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TALK ABOUT A
RADICAL TRANSFORMATION.
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I ALSO THINK OF
LECH WALESA, WHO WAS THAT
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SHIPYARD ELECTRICIAN
DURING THE BATTLE BETWEEN
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POLAND AND SOLIDARITY
AND COMMUNISM AND - AND EVEN
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THOUGH HE ONLY HAD
THE EDUCATION OF AN
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ELECTRICIAN, HE LED
A MOVEMENT - HE WAS IN
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PRISON - INCARCERATED -
SEVERAL TIMES BECAUSE OF
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HIS TRYING TO HELP
LIBERATE HIS COUNTRY AND
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THEN, AS SOON AS THEY
BROKE FREE FROM COMMUNISM
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AND THEY HAD
ELECTIONS, WHO DO YOU THINK THEY
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ELECTED TO BE THE
PRESIDENT OF THE COUNTRY
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WHERE HE WAS IN
PRISON? WELL, THE BIBLE HAS
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THESE STORIES AS
WELL. MATTER OF FACT, PASTOR
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ROSS AND I WERE
TALKING BACK STAGE WHEN I READ
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THAT VERSE: "ONE CAN
INDEED COME OUT OF PRISON
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TO REIGN; THOUGH
BORN POOR IN THE KINGDOM."
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SOLOMON WROTE THAT AND
HE WAS VERY LIKELY THINKING
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OF MAYBE JOSEPH.
NOW THAT, AGAIN, IS AN
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INCREDIBLE STORY OF
SOMEONE WHO HAS GONE
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THROUGH THE TRANSITION -
POOR SHEPHERD BOY BETRAYED
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BY HIS BROTHERS DOWN IN
EGYPT BECOMES - HE'S SOLD
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AS A SLAVE AND THEN
HE IS FALSELY ACCUSED,
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IMPRISONED IN EGYPT, AND
HE SPENT YEARS IN PRISON.
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BUT THEN, IN ONE DAY,
BECAUSE OF THE PHARAOH'S DREAMS,
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JOSEPH WENT FROM THE
PRISON TO THE PALACE.
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THOUGH BORN POOR IN
THE KINGDOM, HE ENDED UP
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RULING, BASICALLY, THE
NATION. CAN YOU IMAGINE THAT?
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WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE
TO BE WONDERING IF YOU'VE
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BEEN FORSAKEN AND
FORGOTTEN BY GOD AND
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YOU'RE IN PRISON - YOU
HAVE NO PLAN FOR YOUR LIFE
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EXCEPT THE SAME
DREARY ROUTINE OF EATING AND
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SLEEPING AND PACING DAY
AFTER DAY - AND THEN HAVE
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SOMEONE RATTLE THE KEYS
IN YOUR CELL AND SAY, 'THE
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KING WANTS TO SEE
YOU.' AND TO GO THROUGH THAT
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TRANSFORMATION OF THE
PRISON GARMENTS - IT SAYS
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IN GENESIS 41:14,
"THEN PHARAOH SENT AND CALLED
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JOSEPH, AND THEY
BROUGHT HIM QUICKLY OUT OF THE
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DUNGEON; AND HE SHAVED,
CHANGED HIS CLOTHING, AND
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CAME TO PHARAOH."
THAT MUST HAVE BEEN A
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FRIGHTENING
EXPERIENCE. YOU KNOW, JOSEPH HAD
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DREAMS AS A YOUNG
MAN, THAT SOMEDAY - GOD HAD
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SOME GREAT PLAN FOR HIS
LIFE. HE PROBABLY HAD GROWN TO
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DOUBT THAT WHEN HE WAS IN JAIL.
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AND THEN YOU READ
IN GENESIS 41:41, "AND
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PHARAOH SAID TO JOSEPH,
'SEE, I HAVE SET YOU OVER
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ALL THE LAND OF
EGYPT.' THEN PHARAOH TOOK THE
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SIGNET RING OFF HIS
HAND AND PUT IT ON JOSEPH'S
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HAND; AND HE CLOTHED HIM
IN GARMENTS OF FINE LINEN
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AND PUT A GOLD
CHAIN AROUND HIS NECK.
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AND HE HAD HIM RIDE IN
THE SECOND CHARIOT WHICH HE
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HAD; AND THEY CRIED OUT
BEFORE HIM, 'BOW THE KNEE!'
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SO HE SET HIM OVER
ALL THE LAND OF EGYPT."
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ONE DAY - TALK ABOUT A
RADICAL TRANSFORMATION.
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INDEED, THE WHOLE BIBLE
STORY OF THE EXODUS IS THE
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STORY OF GOD TAKING A
WHOLE NATION FROM PRISON
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AND BRINGING THEM TO
THE PROMISED LAND - TAKING
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THEM FROM BONDAGE AND
BRINGING THEM TO A LAND
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FLOWING WITH MILK AND HONEY.
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WHAT THE LORD DOES
IN THESE STORIES ALL
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ILLUSTRATES WHAT HE
WANTS TO DO FOR YOU AND ME.
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HE WANTS TO TAKE US
FROM THE SLAVERY OF SATAN AND
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HE WANTS TO BRING US
TO BEING CHILDREN IN HIS
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KINGDOM. HE SAID, 'I'VE GONE TO
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PREPARE A MANSION FOR
YOU.' YOU KNOW, THERE'S
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SOME OTHER
EXPERIENCES IN THE BIBLE.
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IT SAYS, SPEAKING OF
MANASSEH, IN 2 CHRONICLES
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33, VERSE 10, "AND THE
LORD SPOKE TO MANASSEH AND
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HIS PEOPLE, BUT
THEY WOULD NOT LISTEN.
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THEREFORE THE LORD BROUGHT
UPON THEM THE CAPTAINS OF
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THE ARMY OF THE KING OF
ASSYRIA, WHO TOOK MANASSEH
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WITH HOOKS, BOUND HIM
WITH BRONZE FETTERS, AND
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CARRIED HIM OFF TO BABYLON.
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NOW WHEN HE WAS IN
AFFLICTION, HE IMPLORED
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THE LORD HIS GOD, AND
HUMBLED HIMSELF GREATLY
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BEFORE THE GOD OF HIS
FATHERS, AND PRAYED TO
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HIM; AND HE RECEIVED
HIS ENTREATY, HEARD HIS
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SUPPLICATION, AND BROUGHT
HIM BACK TO JERUSALEM INTO
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HIS KINGDOM. THEN
MANASSEH KNEW THAT
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THE LORD WAS GOD."
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HE BROUGHT HIM FROM
THE PRISON TO THE PALACE.
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YOU KNOW, THIS
IS WHY JESUS CAME.
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YOU CAN READ IN ISAIAH
61, VERSE 1, "THE SPIRIT OF
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THE LORD GOD IS UPON
ME," - THIS IS THE MINISTRY OF
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JESUS - "BECAUSE THE
LORD HAS ANOINTED ME" - HE WAS
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ANOINTED - THE MESSIAH -
"TO PREACH GOOD TIDINGS TO
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THE POOR; HE HAS SENT ME
TO HEAL THE BROKENHEARTED,
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TO PROCLAIM LIBERTY TO
THE CAPTIVES, AND THE OPENING
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OF THE PRISON TO THOSE
WHO ARE BOUND;" SO MANY CASES
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IN THE BIBLE OF THE
LORD TAKING PEOPLE FROM THE
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PRISON AND SEATING
THEM IN HEAVENLY PLACES.
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NOW, MAYBE YOU FELT
LIKE YOU'VE BEEN ENSLAVED OR
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IMPRISONED BY THE DEVIL
AND HE'S MAKING YOU SERVE
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AND IT'S A DREARY
EXISTENCE SERVING THE ENEMY.
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THE LORD WANTS YOU TO
KNOW THAT HE CAN COMPLETELY
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TRANSFORM YOUR LIFE WHEN
YOU MIGHT THINK THINGS ARE
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HOPELESS AND YOU'VE
BEEN IN YOUR DUNGEON SO LONG
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THERE'S NO HOPE. YOU
KNOW, ONE OF THE GREAT
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STORIES - JEREMIAH
CHAPTER 52 - IF YOU'VE GOT
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YOUR BIBLES HERE.
IT'S ONE OF THE LAST
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THINGS IT SAYS IN
THE BOOK OF JEREMIAH.
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JEREMIAH IS ONE OF THE
LONGEST OF THE MAJOR OLD
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TESTAMENT PROPHETS AND
IT ENDS WITH AN INTERESTING
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FOOTNOTE - JEREMIAH
CHAPTER 52 AND YOU CAN
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READ IN VERSE 31,
"NOW IT CAME TO PASS IN THE
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THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR OF
THE CAPTIVITY OF JEHOIACHIN
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KING OF JUDAH," - HE'D
BEEN IN PRISON FOR 37 YEARS.
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FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT
KNOW YOUR BIBLE HISTORY, ONE OF
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THE LAST GOOD KINGS
OF JUDAH WAS KING JOSIAH.
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AFTER JOSIAH DIED, HIS
SON JEHOIAKIM, HE REIGNED FOR
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A WHILE BUT HE WAS
TAKEN OFF TO EGYPT.
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THEN JEHOIACHIN -
SOUNDS SIMILAR BUT THEY'RE
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DIFFERENT - HE BECAME
KING FOR A SHORT TIME, BUT
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NEBUCHADNEZZAR, THE
KING OF BABYLON THEN BEGAN TO
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RULE THE AREA, CARRIED
HIM OFF, PUT HIM IN PRISON,
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MADE HIS UNCLE ZEDEKIAH
KING AND AFTER JUDAH FELL
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THE KINGDOM WAS CONQUERED.
00:13:04.35\00:13:06.05
MANY OF THEM WERE LED
AWAY CAPTIVE - THAT'S HOW
00:13:06.05\00:13:08.12
DANIEL ENDED UP IN
BABYLON. JEHOIACHIN WAS LEFT
00:13:08.12\00:13:12.32
IN PRISON 37 YEARS.
NOW THE BABYLONIAN PRISONS
00:13:12.32\00:13:16.16
ARE PROBABLY NOT LIKE
SOME PRISONS, WHERE THEY'VE
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GOT TV AND PING PONG
AND REGULAR MEALS AND AIR
00:13:18.73\00:13:21.66
CONDITIONING AND
HEAT IN THE WINTER.
00:13:21.66\00:13:23.73
IT MUST HAVE BEEN
PRETTY BLEAK BEING IN A
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BABYLONIAN DUNGEON 37 YEARS.
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HE WAS LOCKED UP AS A YOUNG MAN.
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BUT YOU KNOW, AFTER
NEBUCHADNEZZAR DIED, WE
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BELIEVE DANIEL THE
PROPHET, HE WENT TO HIS
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SON EVIL-MERODACH AND HE
SAID, 'CAN YOU HAVE MERCY
00:13:37.65\00:13:41.52
ON OUR KING THAT IS
STILL IN YOUR PRISON AFTER ALL
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OF THESE
YEARS?' AND IT SAYS THAT
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"EVIL-MERODACH KING OF
BABYLON, IN THE FIRST YEAR
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OF HIS REIGN, LIFTED
UP THE HEAD OF JEHOIACHIN
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KING OF JUDAH AND
BROUGHT HIM OUT OF PRISON.
00:13:53.76\00:13:58.30
AND HE SPOKE KINDLY TO
HIM" - NOW WHAT THIS KING
00:13:58.30\00:14:02.60
DID FOR JEHOIACHIN,
JESUS WILL DO FOR YOU.
00:14:02.60\00:14:07.31
LISTEN TO WHAT
HAPPENS: "AND HE SPOKE KINDLY TO
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HIM" - HAD MERCY ON
HIM - "AND GAVE HIM A MORE
00:14:09.34\00:14:12.11
PROMINENT SEAT THAN THOSE
OF THE KINGS WHO WERE WITH
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HIM IN BABYLON." -
WHEN A KING WOULD SIT
00:14:14.85\00:14:16.35
DOWN HE WOULD SIT WITH
THE OTHER KINGS THAT RULED IN
00:14:16.35\00:14:18.72
HIS EMPIRE WITH HIM AND
EVIL-MERODACH, YOU MIGHT
00:14:18.72\00:14:22.96
SAY, WAS A KING OF KINGS,
SO OTHER KINGS SAT WITH HIM.
00:14:22.96\00:14:26.73
JESUS IS OUR KING OF
KINGS. DOES HE SHOW MERCY TO US?
00:14:26.73\00:14:30.93
AND HE SAYS, 'I'M GOING
TO HAVE YOU SIT WITH THE
00:14:30.93\00:14:32.70
KINGS, BUT I'M GOING TO
GIVE YOU ONE OF THE BEST
00:14:32.70\00:14:34.44
SEATS OF THE
KINGS, RIGHT BESIDE ME.'
00:14:34.44\00:14:37.51
DO YOU THINK ABOUT IT?
00:14:37.51\00:14:38.97
JESUS SAYS THAT WE GET
TO LIVE AND REIGN WITH HIM,
00:14:38.97\00:14:41.81
THE CREATOR OF THE UNIVERSE.
00:14:41.81\00:14:43.71
WHAT AN HONOR THAT WILL BE.
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- "SO JEHOIACHIN CHANGED
FROM HIS PRISON GARMENTS,"
00:14:45.25\00:14:48.35
- DOES THE LORD
GIVE US NEW GARMENTS?
00:14:48.35\00:14:50.89
HE TAKES AWAY - WHAT
DO YOU WEAR IN PRISON?
00:14:50.89\00:14:54.16
IN A BABYLONIAN
PRISON, PROBABLY RAGS.
00:14:54.16\00:14:57.06
AND THE JAILER COMES
DOWN AND HE SAYS, 'JEHOIACHIN'
00:14:57.06\00:14:59.79
- HE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT
WAS GOING TO GO - YOU KNOW,
00:14:59.79\00:15:02.36
THE NEW KING MIGHT
SAY, 'I'M GOING TO EXECUTE
00:15:02.36\00:15:04.43
EVERYBODY THAT WAS
DISLOYAL BEFORE.' THIS
00:15:04.43\00:15:07.24
COULD BE THE EXECUTIONER
COMING AND WHEN THAT KEY
00:15:07.24\00:15:09.47
GOES IN THE LOCK YOU
DON'T KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING.
00:15:09.47\00:15:12.11
HE SAYS, 'COME WITH
ME.' HE SAYS, 'WHAT'S GOING
00:15:12.11\00:15:13.81
ON?' 'I'LL TELL YOU LATER, JUST
00:15:13.81\00:15:15.48
FOLLOW ME.' AND HE LEADS
YOU UP INTO THE LIGHT AND
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YOU'RE LED INTO THE
PALACE AND THEY SAY, 'TAKE OFF
00:15:18.71\00:15:21.42
YOUR CLOTHES.' 'AH,
WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN?'
00:15:21.42\00:15:25.15
'YOU CAN'T WEAR
THOSE RAGS ANYMORE.
00:15:25.15\00:15:26.65
WE'VE GOT TO GET YOU CLEANED UP.
00:15:26.65\00:15:28.36
YOU CAN'T GO INTO
THE PALACE LIKE THAT.'
00:15:28.36\00:15:30.86
AND THEY GIVE YOU ROYAL ROBES.
00:15:30.86\00:15:33.66
AND HE SAYS, 'YOU'RE
NOT GOING TO EAT THE MUSTY
00:15:33.66\00:15:35.90
MOLDY BREAD OF THE
DUNGEON ANYMORE, YOU'RE GOING TO
00:15:35.90\00:15:39.23
EAT FROM THE KING'S TABLE.
00:15:39.23\00:15:41.94
IT SAYS THEY TOOK AWAY
HIS PRISON GARMENTS "AND HE
00:15:41.94\00:15:44.34
ATE BREAD REGULARLY
BEFORE THE KING" - THAT MEANS
00:15:44.34\00:15:48.14
WITH THE KING - "ALL
THE DAYS OF HIS LIFE."
00:15:48.14\00:15:51.11
HOW LONG? FOR
THE REST OF HIS LIFE.
00:15:51.11\00:15:54.02
WHAT IS THE LORD
OFFERING US? EVERLASTING LIFE.
00:15:54.02\00:15:57.79
"AND AS FOR HIS
PROVISIONS, THERE WAS A
00:15:57.79\00:15:59.79
REGULAR RATION GIVEN
HIM" - NOT ONLY DID HE GET NEW
00:15:59.79\00:16:02.99
CLOTHES AND NOT ONLY DID
HE GET NEW BREAD - WE GET
00:16:02.99\00:16:06.59
THE ROBE OF CHRIST'S
RIGHTEOUSNESS AND WE GET
00:16:06.59\00:16:09.23
THE LIVING BREAD - BUT
IT SAYS THAT HE GAVE HIM AN
00:16:09.23\00:16:12.33
ALLOWANCE. HE
GAVE HIM A CREDIT CARD
00:16:12.33\00:16:15.34
- A BABYLONIAN CREDIT
CARD. HE SAID, 'YOU ALSO NEED
00:16:15.34\00:16:17.04
SPENDING MONEY.' HE
GAVE HIM A RATION "FOR EACH
00:16:17.04\00:16:21.94
DAY UNTIL THE DAY
OF HIS DEATH, ALL THE
00:16:21.94\00:16:24.48
DAYS OF HIS LIFE."
HE SAID, 'YOU DON'T HAVE
00:16:24.48\00:16:26.68
TO WORRY ABOUT
YOUR FUTURE FOREVER.
00:16:26.68\00:16:29.68
>>AMEN. >>I WILL TAKE CARE OF
00:16:29.68\00:16:31.12
YOU AS LONG AS YOU LIVE.
WOULDN'T THAT BE A RADICAL
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TRANSFORMATION FOR JEHOIACHIN?
00:16:35.99\00:16:38.46
TO GO FROM THE DUNGEON
TO THE PALACE OF THE BIGGEST
00:16:38.46\00:16:41.76
KINGDOM IN THE WORLD?
IT'S INTERESTING THAT THE
00:16:41.76\00:16:44.53
STORY OF JEREMIAH ENDS
WITH THIS LITTLE SCENARIO,
00:16:44.53\00:16:50.37
BECAUSE IT ILLUSTRATES
WHAT SALVATION IS ALL ABOUT.
00:16:50.37\00:16:54.14
JESUS WANTS TO SET US
FREE FROM OUR PRISONS.
00:16:54.14\00:16:57.31
YOU KNOW THE STORY OF
DAVID - HE'S ANOTHER EXAMPLE.
00:16:57.31\00:17:00.32
DAVID WENT FROM HIDING
FROM KING SAUL AND LIVING
00:17:00.32\00:17:03.15
IN CAVES AND HE WAS
A FUGITIVE AND THEN HE
00:17:03.15\00:17:06.02
BECAME THE KING.
BORN POOR IN THE KINGDOM -
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SHEPHERD BOY - AND
THEN HE BECAME ONE OF THE
00:17:08.92\00:17:10.93
GREATEST KINGS.
DANIEL - DANIEL WAS A
00:17:10.93\00:17:15.30
CAPTIVE IN BABYLON, BUT
HE INTERPRETED THE KING'S
00:17:15.30\00:17:17.70
DREAMS AND HE WENT FROM
THE - THE STATUS OF BEING
00:17:17.70\00:17:20.37
A CAPTIVE, TO BEING
PRIME MINISTER. AND IT NOT ONLY
00:17:20.37\00:17:23.41
HAPPENED TO DANIEL ONCE,
IT HAPPENED TO DANIEL TWICE,
00:17:23.41\00:17:26.94
BECAUSE THEN, WHEN THE
MEDO-PERSIANS TOOK CONTROL
00:17:26.94\00:17:29.31
OF BABYLON, DANIEL
WAS PUT IN A LION'S DEN.
00:17:29.31\00:17:33.98
BUT GOD SHUT THE
LION'S MOUTH AND IN ONE DAY HE
00:17:33.98\00:17:36.79
WENT FROM THE LION'S
DEN, WHICH WAS KIND OF LIKE A
00:17:36.79\00:17:39.49
DUNGEON, BACK TO
THE PALACE OF PERSIA.
00:17:39.49\00:17:44.06
LOOK AT THE RADICAL
CHANGE THAT GOD MAKES IN THE
00:17:44.06\00:17:47.30
LIVES OF ALL
THESE BIBLE CHARACTERS.
00:17:47.30\00:17:49.83
WHAT DO YOU THINK
HE'S TRYING TO TELL US?
00:17:49.83\00:17:51.83
WHAT HE WANTS TO DO FOR YOU.
00:17:51.83\00:17:54.74
THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN SERVING THE DEVIL AND
00:17:54.74\00:17:56.97
BEING IN PRISON AND
SERVING THE KING OF KINGS
00:17:56.97\00:18:00.51
- THE RAGS AND THE
ROYAL ROBES - THE MOLDY BREAD
00:18:00.51\00:18:05.05
AND THE RICH PROVISION
- THIS IS WHAT THE LORD
00:18:05.05\00:18:08.42
WANTS TO DO FOR US.
ESTHER, WHAT A WONDERFUL STORY.
00:18:08.42\00:18:13.92
HERE YOU'VE GOT THIS
GIRL WHO IS - SHE'S NOT ONLY A
00:18:13.92\00:18:17.19
CAPTIVE IN THE LAND OF
PERSIA, SHE'S AN ORPHAN.
00:18:17.19\00:18:20.40
SHE SEEMS FORSAKEN OTHER
THAN HER UNCLE, MORDECAI,
00:18:20.40\00:18:23.30
WHO CARES FOR HER.
BUT THEN THEY DECREE
00:18:23.30\00:18:25.97
THERE'S GOING TO BE A
ROYAL BEAUTY PAGEANT AND
00:18:25.97\00:18:29.77
SHE'S TAKEN OFF TO THE
PALACE AND SHE'S WONDERING
00:18:29.77\00:18:32.14
WHAT'S GOING ON AND,
THROUGH ALL OF THAT - YOU
00:18:32.14\00:18:35.88
KNOW THE STORY - SHE'S CHOSEN.
00:18:35.88\00:18:38.18
AND THE BIBLE SAYS,
'THE KING LOVED ESTHER ABOVE
00:18:38.18\00:18:42.55
ALL THE WOMEN AND SHE
OBTAINED GRACE' - WHAT
00:18:42.55\00:18:45.29
DOES THE LORD DO FOR
US? THE KING LOVES US AND WE
00:18:45.29\00:18:47.72
OBTAIN GRACE - 'AND
FAVOR IN HIS SIGHT, MORE
00:18:47.72\00:18:51.19
THAN ALL THE VIRGINS.
SO HE SET THE ROYAL CROWN
00:18:51.19\00:18:53.56
UPON HER HEAD' - ARE
WE GOING TO GET CROWNS?
00:18:53.56\00:18:56.77
YEAH, THAT'S WHAT IT
SAYS - 'AND MADE HER QUEEN.'
00:18:56.77\00:19:01.10
GOES FROM THAT STATUS -
NOW SOMETHING I WANT YOU
00:19:01.10\00:19:05.67
TO NOTICE AS WE PROCEED:
IN VIRTUALLY ALL OF THESE
00:19:05.67\00:19:09.24
CASES WHERE GOD TAKES
PEOPLE FROM THEIR STATUS
00:19:09.24\00:19:12.85
AS A PRISONER, AND HE
BRINGS THEM TO THE ROYAL
00:19:12.85\00:19:16.48
POSITION, HE DOES IT
SO HE CAN USE THEM TO SAVE
00:19:16.48\00:19:21.12
OTHERS. WHAT DID
GOD DO THROUGH JOSEPH?
00:19:21.12\00:19:24.73
AND JOSEPH'S BROTHERS,
THEY THOUGHT, 'NOW YOU'RE
00:19:24.73\00:19:26.53
GOING TO GET EVEN WITH
US.' HE SAID, 'NO, GOD DID
00:19:26.53\00:19:28.30
THIS SO THAT MUCH
LIFE COULD BE SAVED.'
00:19:28.30\00:19:30.87
WHY DID GOD DO IT WITH ESTHER?
00:19:30.87\00:19:33.07
SO THAT SHE
COULD SAVE HER PEOPLE.
00:19:33.07\00:19:35.87
MORDECAI SAID, 'WHO KNOWS
WHETHER YOU'VE COME TO THE
00:19:35.87\00:19:37.91
KINGDOM FOR SUCH A TIME
AS THIS THAT YOU MIGHT SAVE
00:19:37.91\00:19:39.87
OTHERS?' WHY'D
HE DO IT FOR DANIEL?
00:19:39.87\00:19:43.45
SO HE COULD BE AN
ADVOCATE FOR HIS PEOPLE AND A
00:19:43.45\00:19:45.18
WITNESS - I MEAN,
THE WHOLE WORLD HAS HEARD
00:19:45.18\00:19:47.65
ABOUT THE MIRACLES BECAUSE
DANIEL WAS IN THAT POSITION.
00:19:47.65\00:19:51.35
THEN YOU GO TO THE
NEW TESTAMENT - IT'S FROM
00:19:51.35\00:19:54.69
COVER TO COVER IN THE
BIBLE - THE APOSTLES WERE
00:19:54.69\00:19:57.79
PUT IN PRISON SEVERAL TIMES.
00:19:57.79\00:20:00.86
YOU CAN READ IN ACTS
CHAPTER 5 - THE RELIGIOUS
00:20:00.86\00:20:04.03
LEADERS WERE INFURIATED
THAT THEY WERE PREACHING
00:20:04.03\00:20:05.97
ABOUT JESUS EVERYWHERE
AND THEY LAID HANDS ON THEM -
00:20:05.97\00:20:09.30
ACTS 5:18 - "AND
LAID THEIR HANDS ON THE
00:20:09.30\00:20:11.81
APOSTLES" - THEY HAD
THEIR GUARDS ARREST THEM - "AND
00:20:11.81\00:20:14.31
PUT THEM IN THE COMMON
PRISON. BUT" - YOU KNOW,
00:20:14.31\00:20:17.75
EVERYTHING CHANGES
WITH THAT THREE-LETTER WORD.
00:20:17.75\00:20:20.15
THEY PUT THEM IN PRISON
TO STOP THE PROGRESS OF THE
00:20:20.15\00:20:23.18
GOSPEL - "BUT AT NIGHT
AN ANGEL OF THE LORD OPENED
00:20:23.18\00:20:26.86
THE PRISON DOORS" - AT
THE DARKEST HOUR - "AND
00:20:26.86\00:20:29.92
BROUGHT THEM OUT," -
WHAT DOES THE ANGEL SAY?
00:20:29.92\00:20:32.36
- "'GO, STAND IN THE
TEMPLE AND SPEAK TO THE
00:20:32.36\00:20:35.40
PEOPLE ALL THE WORDS
OF THIS LIFE.'" THEY WENT
00:20:35.40\00:20:38.97
FROM THE PRISON TO THE PALACE.
00:20:38.97\00:20:40.64
THEY WENT TO GOD'S
TEMPLE. WHY? TELL PEOPLE - TELL
00:20:40.64\00:20:45.87
PEOPLE THE MESSAGE OF SALVATION.
00:20:45.87\00:20:48.44
WHY DOES GOD
BRING US OUT OF PRISON?
00:20:48.44\00:20:50.58
SO THAT HE CAN USE US.
NOW, IF YOU JUST WANT TO
00:20:50.58\00:20:52.41
BE OUT OF PRISON SO THAT
YOU CAN LIVE IT UP, BUT IF
00:20:52.41\00:20:55.75
YOU WANT GOD TO SAVE
YOU FROM YOUR PRISON, HE'S
00:20:55.75\00:20:57.75
GOING TO GIVE YOU WORK TO DO.
00:20:57.75\00:20:59.42
HE WANTS YOU TO BE
WORKING TO SAVE OTHERS.
00:20:59.42\00:21:03.06
ISN'T THAT WHAT A GOOD
KING IS SUPPOSED TO DO?
00:21:03.06\00:21:05.53
BE CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR PEOPLE?
00:21:05.53\00:21:09.20
YOU CAN READ ABOUT IT
ALSO IN PSALM 142 - THE BIBLE'S
00:21:09.20\00:21:13.77
FULL OF THESE STORIES
- "BRING MY SOUL OUT OF
00:21:13.77\00:21:16.57
PRISON, THAT I MAY
PRAISE YOUR NAME;" -
00:21:16.57\00:21:19.37
WHY DOES GOD
BRING US OUT OF PRISON?
00:21:19.37\00:21:21.41
- "BRING MY SOUL OUT OF
PRISON, THAT I MAY PRAISE
00:21:21.41\00:21:23.98
YOUR NAME;" - WHEN HE
SAVES YOU - YOU KNOW, IF
00:21:23.98\00:21:26.41
YOU'VE BEEN ADDICTED TO
ALCOHOL FOR YEARS AND GOD
00:21:26.41\00:21:28.68
SETS YOU FREE, YOU'RE
GOING TO PRAISE HIS NAME.
00:21:28.68\00:21:31.55
YOU'VE BEEN ADDICTED
TO DRUGS - YOU'VE BEEN
00:21:31.55\00:21:33.15
ADDICTED - YOU
PICK YOUR ADDICTION.
00:21:33.15\00:21:35.26
I'VE GOT THIS THEORY THAT
EVERYBODY IS A SINAHOLIC -
00:21:35.26\00:21:41.30
THAT WE ALL HAVE A
VACUUM IN OUR HEARTS AND UNTIL
00:21:41.30\00:21:45.17
JESUS FILLS THAT
VACUUM, YOU'RE GOING TO SEEK TO
00:21:45.17\00:21:48.57
FILL IT WITH SOMETHING
ELSE - AND IT VARIES FROM
00:21:48.57\00:21:50.94
PERSON TO PERSON.
SOME OF US HAVE MORE
00:21:50.94\00:21:52.57
RESPECTABLE
ADDICTIONS. SOME PEOPLE ARE
00:21:52.57\00:21:55.54
WORKAHOLICS - THEY
MIGHT EVEN GET PRAISED.
00:21:55.54\00:21:59.08
SOME PEOPLE ARE SHOPAHOLICS.
00:21:59.08\00:22:01.82
SOME PEOPLE IT'S
FOOD. IT COULD BE SEX OR
00:22:01.82\00:22:05.25
PORNOGRAPHY. IT
COULD BE DRUGS OR ALCOHOL
00:22:05.25\00:22:10.03
OR CIGARETTES - THERE'S ALL
KINDS OF - THERE'S A LOT THAT I
00:22:10.03\00:22:12.89
DIDN'T EVEN MENTION.
YOU CAN FILL IN THE BLANK.
00:22:12.89\00:22:15.63
BUT THE DEVIL WANTS TO
ENSLAVE PEOPLE AND JESUS
00:22:15.63\00:22:19.80
WANTS TO SET US FREE
SO THAT HE CAN USE US TO
00:22:19.80\00:22:23.61
PROCLAIM THIS LIFE TO OTHERS.
00:22:23.61\00:22:25.97
JESUS CAME "TO OPEN
BLIND EYES, TO BRING THE
00:22:25.97\00:22:28.71
PRISONERS" - ISAIAH 42:7
- "TO BRING OUT PRISONERS
00:22:28.71\00:22:32.81
FROM THE PRISON, THOSE
WHO SIT IN DARKNESS FROM THE
00:22:32.81\00:22:35.52
PRISON HOUSE." THE
BIBLE IS FILLED WITH
00:22:35.52\00:22:38.22
THIS MESSAGE OF
JESUS COMING TO SET THE
00:22:38.22\00:22:40.82
CAPTIVES FREE.
YOU CAN EVEN JUMP FROM
00:22:40.82\00:22:42.72
ACTS CHAPTER 5 TO
ACTS CHAPTER 16 AND YOU CAN
00:22:42.72\00:22:47.03
READ ABOUT PAUL AND SILAS
IN JAIL THERE AT MIDNIGHT.
00:22:47.03\00:22:52.43
PAUL AND SILAS HAD BEEN
CRUELLY TREATED - UNJUSTLY
00:22:52.43\00:22:55.10
ACCUSED - IN PRISON -
THEY COULD HAVE COMPLAINED -
00:22:55.10\00:22:58.51
WHIPPED - THEY'RE IN
PAIN - THEY'RE IN THE STOCKS
00:22:58.51\00:23:02.04
AND DO THEY GRIPE AND MOAN?
00:23:02.04\00:23:03.78
THEY PRAY AND SING.
AND AT MIDNIGHT - GOD
00:23:03.78\00:23:06.78
OFTEN DOES IT DURING
THE DARKEST HOUR - 'AT
00:23:06.78\00:23:09.15
MIDNIGHT THEY WERE
PRAYING AND SINGING HYMNS TO GOD
00:23:09.15\00:23:12.55
AND THE PRISONERS
WERE LISTENING TO THEM.
00:23:12.55\00:23:15.19
SUDDENLY THERE WAS A
GREAT EARTHQUAKE SO THE
00:23:15.19\00:23:17.26
FOUNDATIONS OF THE
PRISON WERE SHAKEN AND
00:23:17.26\00:23:19.73
IMMEDIATELY ALL THE DOORS
WERE OPENED AND EVERYONE'S
00:23:19.73\00:23:22.23
CHAINS WERE LOOSED.'
BECAUSE OF THEIR PRAYERS
00:23:22.23\00:23:26.50
AND THEIR WITNESS,
EVERYBODY'S CHAINS WERE
00:23:26.50\00:23:27.87
LOOSED. AND YOU
KNOW WHAT HAPPENED?
00:23:27.87\00:23:31.71
THEY ENDED UP BAPTIZING
THE JAILER WHO HAD WHIPPED
00:23:31.71\00:23:33.68
THEM BEFORE THE DAY
WAS OVER. HE WASHED THEIR
00:23:33.68\00:23:38.05
WOUNDS - THE ONE
WHO HAD WHIPPED THEM.
00:23:38.05\00:23:40.18
HE SET THEM FREE - THE
JAILER WAS READY TO KILL
00:23:40.18\00:23:42.62
HIMSELF - THEY SAID,
'DON'T HURT YOURSELF,
00:23:42.62\00:23:44.72
WE'RE ALL STILL
HERE.' HE WAS ABOUT TO COMMIT
00:23:44.72\00:23:46.79
SUICIDE BECAUSE HE THOUGHT
THE PRISONERS HAD ESCAPED.
00:23:46.79\00:23:49.52
AND THEN THEY PREACHED TO HIM.
00:23:49.52\00:23:51.86
THEY FORGAVE
HIM. THEY WERE KIND.
00:23:51.86\00:23:53.03
GOD SET THEM
FREE TO REACH OTHERS.
00:23:53.03\00:23:56.50
AND IF YOU'RE WILLING
TO BE USED BY GOD TO REACH
00:23:56.50\00:23:58.37
OTHERS, HE CAN SET YOU FREE TOO.
00:23:58.37\00:24:01.70
NOW IT TALKED ABOUT A
NUMBER OF CASES OF PEOPLE
00:24:01.70\00:24:03.91
BEING SET FREE FROM
PRISON, BUT OUR REAL HERO
00:24:03.91\00:24:06.71
WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON
TONIGHT IS IN ACTS CHAPTER
00:24:06.71\00:24:08.91
12, IT'S DEALING WITH PETER.
00:24:08.91\00:24:11.08
MATTER OF FACT, ONE OF
OUR PANELS HERE - THE ONE
00:24:11.08\00:24:12.75
RIGHT BEHIND ME - IS
PETER COMING OUT OF PRISON.
00:24:12.75\00:24:16.48
AND IF YOU LOOK IN ACTS
12, WE'RE GOING TO STUDY
00:24:16.48\00:24:18.32
THAT TOGETHER AND DEDICATE
MOST OF OUR REMAINING TIME
00:24:18.32\00:24:22.06
TO THIS PARTICULAR
STORY. ACTS 12 - AND I'LL START
00:24:22.06\00:24:25.43
WITH THE FIRST VERSE,
"NOW ABOUT THAT TIME HEROD THE
00:24:25.43\00:24:29.40
KING STRETCHED OUT
HIS HAND TO HARASS SOME
00:24:29.40\00:24:33.54
FROM THE CHURCH.
THEN HE KILLED JAMES THE
00:24:33.54\00:24:37.27
BROTHER OF JOHN WITH THE SWORD."
00:24:37.27\00:24:39.67
YOU KNOW, ONE TIME JAMES
AND JOHN CAME TO JESUS AND
00:24:39.67\00:24:42.24
THEY SAID, 'LORD, WHEN
YOU GO INTO YOUR KINGDOM CAN
00:24:42.24\00:24:44.75
WE SIT ON YOUR
RIGHT AND YOUR LEFT HAND?'
00:24:44.75\00:24:47.08
THE LORD SAID, 'YOU
DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE ASKING.'
00:24:47.08\00:24:49.48
'OH YES, LORD, WE CAN
DO IT.' HE SAID, 'WELL, ARE
00:24:49.48\00:24:51.92
YOU ABLE TO DRINK THE
CUP I MUST DRINK AND BE
00:24:51.92\00:24:54.32
BAPTIZED WITH MY
BAPTISM?' 'OH YES, SURE LORD, WE
00:24:54.32\00:24:56.69
CAN DO IT.' HE SAID, 'YOU WILL.
00:24:56.69\00:24:59.83
YOU'LL DRINK MY CUP AND
YOU WILL BE BAPTIZED WITH
00:24:59.83\00:25:02.23
MY BAPTISM.' AND IT'S
INTERESTING THAT JAMES WAS
00:25:02.23\00:25:05.07
THE FIRST OF THE APOSTLES
TO SUFFER A MARTYR'S DEATH.
00:25:05.07\00:25:08.94
JOHN WAS THE LAST ONE TO DIE.
00:25:08.94\00:25:13.24
THEY WERE THE
CENTER OF THE CHURCH.
00:25:13.24\00:25:14.54
YOU KNOW, WHENEVER
JESUS DID ANYTHING, HE TOOK
00:25:14.54\00:25:16.21
PETER, JAMES, AND JOHN
- SO NOW JAMES IS DEAD;
00:25:16.21\00:25:21.08
LISTEN TO WHAT HEROD
DOES, "AND BECAUSE HE SAW THAT
00:25:21.08\00:25:23.92
IT PLEASED THE JEWS," -
THAT HE HAD KILLED JAMES
00:25:23.92\00:25:25.92
THE APOSTLE - "HE
PROCEEDED FURTHER TO SEIZE
00:25:25.92\00:25:28.69
(OR ARREST) PETER
ALSO." NOW THIS WAS DURING THE
00:25:28.69\00:25:31.39
DAYS OF UNLEAVENED BREAD
- OR THE PASSOVER WAS COMING
00:25:31.39\00:25:34.36
- "SO WHEN HE HAD ARRESTED
HIM, HE PUT HIM IN PRISON,
00:25:34.36\00:25:38.23
AND DELIVERED HIM TO
FOUR SQUADS" - IF YOU'VE GOT
00:25:38.23\00:25:40.94
THE KING JAMES VERSION
IT SAYS, 'FOUR QUATERNIONS
00:25:40.94\00:25:43.67
- QUATERNION - IT'S LIKE
QUATRO - FOUR - A SQUAD OF
00:25:43.67\00:25:47.11
FOUR SOLDIERS TIMES
FOUR - SIXTEEN SOLDIERS.
00:25:47.11\00:25:50.58
NOW YOU'RE GOING TO
THINK 'THIS IS OVERKILL.
00:25:50.58\00:25:52.21
I MEAN, HE'S A
FISHERMAN. HE'S NOT A KUNG FU
00:25:52.21\00:25:54.08
EXPERT.' SIXTEEN SOLDIERS
- ROMAN ARMED SOLDIERS -
00:25:54.08\00:26:01.29
INTENDING TO BRING HIM
BEFORE THE PEOPLE AFTER
00:26:01.29\00:26:03.56
THE PASSOVER - THEY DIDN'T
WANT TO HAVE THE EXECUTION
00:26:03.56\00:26:06.70
RIGHT DURING THE PASSOVER,
BUT THEY'D BRING HIM OUT
00:26:06.70\00:26:09.26
AND HAVE HIM
PUBLICALLY EXECUTED AFTERWARD.
00:26:09.26\00:26:12.77
"PETER WAS THEREFORE
KEPT IN PRISON," - YOU READ
00:26:12.77\00:26:15.84
ABOUT IT AND YOU'RE GOING
TO FIND OUT HE WASN'T JUST
00:26:15.84\00:26:17.84
GUARDED BY SIXTEEN
SOLDIERS, HE WAS PUT IN
00:26:17.84\00:26:19.67
THE INNERMOST TOP SECURITY
MAXIMUM FEDERAL PRISON -
00:26:19.67\00:26:25.95
THIS IS A ROMAN
PRISON. WHY DID HEROD GO
00:26:25.95\00:26:28.62
TO SUCH LENGTHS?
BECAUSE WE JUST READ ABOUT
00:26:28.62\00:26:31.89
WHAT HAPPENED IN ACTS CHAPTER 5.
00:26:31.89\00:26:34.52
WHEN THEY ARRESTED PETER,
THE RELIGIOUS LEADERS WENT
00:26:34.52\00:26:37.33
TO HEROD AND THEY
SAID, 'NOW THESE APOSTLES ARE
00:26:37.33\00:26:39.46
SLIPPERY CHARACTERS.
WE HAD ARRESTED THEM AND
00:26:39.46\00:26:42.43
WE DON'T KNOW HOW ALL
TWELVE OF THEM MANAGED TO
00:26:42.43\00:26:44.00
ESCAPE AND GET
BACK TO THE TEMPLE.
00:26:44.00\00:26:47.10
SO UNLESS YOU WANT TO BE
EMBARRASSED, YOU'D BETTER
00:26:47.10\00:26:49.27
KEEP A REAL EYE -
EVEN SOMEHOW IT SEEMS LIKE
00:26:49.27\00:26:52.74
THEIR LEADER ESCAPED
FROM THE TOMB WITH SOLDIERS
00:26:52.74\00:26:56.14
GUARDING. THESE ARE
SLIPPERY CHARACTERS.'
00:26:56.14\00:26:58.71
HEROD SAID, 'DON'T WORRY.
I'VE GOT THE ROMAN GUARDS.
00:26:58.71\00:27:02.02
I'VE GOT A TOP-SECURITY
CELL - NO WINDOWS - HE'S
00:27:02.02\00:27:04.52
NOT GOING
ANYWHERE. NO WAY OF ESCAPE.'
00:27:04.52\00:27:08.19
HE BOASTED. SO
PETER IS PUT IN PRISON.
00:27:08.19\00:27:11.26
HE'S GOING TO BE
EXECUTED AFTER THE PASSOVER.
00:27:11.26\00:27:14.40
SO YOU READ IN VERSE 5,
"PETER WAS THEREFORE KEPT
00:27:14.40\00:27:17.87
IN PRISON, BUT CONSTANT
PRAYER" - THE BIBLE TALKS
00:27:17.87\00:27:21.07
ABOUT PRAYING WITHOUT
CEASING - "...CONSTANT
00:27:21.07\00:27:23.81
PRAYER WAS OFFERED TO
GOD FOR HIM BY THE CHURCH."
00:27:23.81\00:27:28.74
SO WHAT IS THE CHURCH DOING?
00:27:28.74\00:27:30.61
PRAYING FOR WHO? HOW OFTEN?
00:27:30.61\00:27:34.52
>>ALWAYS. >>CONSTANTLY.
00:27:34.52\00:27:36.79
NOW DON'T - I'M
EMPHASIZING THAT BECAUSE
00:27:36.79\00:27:38.22
IT COMES UP LATER. I
WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND.
00:27:38.22\00:27:40.56
THEY SAID, 'LOOK, WE'VE
LOST - WE'VE LOST JAMES.
00:27:40.56\00:27:45.13
PETER'S IN
PRISON. JOHN IS YOUNG.
00:27:45.13\00:27:47.86
PETER, JAMES, AND JOHN -
PETER WAS A GREAT PREACHER
00:27:47.86\00:27:49.76
AT THE PENTECOST - WE
CAN'T LOSE THIS LEADER OF
00:27:49.76\00:27:51.47
THE CHURCH.' CONSTANT
PRAYER IS BEING OFFERED BY
00:27:51.47\00:27:55.17
THE CHURCH. BY
THE WAY, ARE THERE
00:27:55.17\00:27:59.54
PEOPLE OUT THERE
IN THE WORLD THAT ARE
00:27:59.54\00:28:00.98
IMPRISONED BY THE
DEVIL? ARE THEY ON DEATH ROW?
00:28:00.98\00:28:05.25
WHAT SHOULD THE
CHURCH BE DOING FOR THEM?
00:28:05.25\00:28:07.82
>>PRAY. >>HOW OFTEN?
00:28:07.82\00:28:09.68
>>CONSTANTLY. >>DO
WE PRAY FOR THE LOST?
00:28:09.68\00:28:14.16
WE HEAR EVERY DAY ABOUT
PEOPLE WHO ARE PERISHING
00:28:14.16\00:28:16.12
IN THE WORLD AROUND US
AND THE CHURCH, NOT ONLY
00:28:16.12\00:28:19.29
SHOULD BE WORKING FOR
THE LOST, WE OUGHT TO BE
00:28:19.29\00:28:21.00
PRAYING FOR THE LOST,
BECAUSE THE LORD - THIS IS
00:28:21.00\00:28:24.23
VERY IMPORTANT TO
HIM AND IT SHOULD BE VERY
00:28:24.23\00:28:26.47
IMPORTANT TO US.
CONSTANT PRAYER WAS
00:28:26.47\00:28:28.97
OFFERED TO GOD FOR
PETER, BY THE CHURCH.
00:28:28.97\00:28:31.97
AND THIS IS WHERE IT
GETS REALLY EXCITING - VERSE 6
00:28:31.97\00:28:36.54
- "AND WHEN HEROD WAS
ABOUT TO BRING HIM OUT," -
00:28:36.54\00:28:39.85
THE NEXT DAY HE WAS
GOING TO BE BROUGHT OUT AND
00:28:39.85\00:28:41.25
PUBLICALLY EXECUTED
- "THAT NIGHT PETER WAS
00:28:41.25\00:28:45.72
SLEEPING, BOUND WITH
TWO CHAINS BETWEEN TWO
00:28:45.72\00:28:49.72
SOLDIERS;" - HE'S CHAINED
TO THESE SOLDIERS; AND THE
00:28:49.72\00:28:53.03
GUARDS BEFORE THE DOOR
WERE KEEPING THE PRISON."
00:28:53.03\00:28:56.20
- THEY'RE NOT
TAKING ANY CHANCES.
00:28:56.20\00:28:58.70
NOT ONLY IS HE IN THE TOP
SECURITY CELL - NO WINDOWS
00:28:58.70\00:29:03.14
- ONE DOOR - LATCHED -
SLEEPING WITH A SOLDIER ON
00:29:03.14\00:29:05.81
THE RIGHT AND ON THE
LEFT - I ASSUME THEIR NAMES
00:29:05.81\00:29:08.44
WERE MARIO AND ANTONIO -
THESE ARE ROMAN SOLDIERS -
00:29:08.44\00:29:11.05
AND HE CAN'T GO ANYWHERE
AND HE'S CHAINED TO THEM -
00:29:11.05\00:29:15.25
TWO SOLDIERS KEEPING
THE PRISON - THE GUARD'S AT
00:29:15.25\00:29:18.65
THE DOOR - "NOW BEHOLD,
AN ANGEL OF THE LORD STOOD BY
00:29:18.65\00:29:23.46
HIM," - HOW'D HE GET IN THERE?
00:29:23.46\00:29:26.63
THOSE ANGELS ARE
REALLY AMAZING, AREN'T THEY?
00:29:26.63\00:29:29.76
HOW'D HE GET PAST ALL
THE SECURITY SYSTEMS AND THE
00:29:29.76\00:29:32.33
LASER BEAMS AND - "...AN
ANGEL OF THE LORD STOOD BY
00:29:32.33\00:29:37.57
HIM, AND A LIGHT SHONE
IN THE PRISON;" - NOW I'VE
00:29:37.57\00:29:41.41
GOT TO PAUSE AND ASK
YOU A QUESTION: IF YOU WERE
00:29:41.41\00:29:44.65
GOING TO BE EXECUTED
TOMORROW, HOW WELL WOULD
00:29:44.65\00:29:47.95
YOU SLEEP TONIGHT? I
MEAN, PETER MUST HAVE
00:29:47.95\00:29:54.22
HAD SOME REAL
PEACE. I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF
00:29:54.22\00:29:57.33
THEORIES ABOUT THAT.
ONE IS, JESUS TOLD PETER
00:29:57.33\00:30:01.26
HOW HE WAS GOING TO DIE.
HE DIDN'T SAY YOU'RE GOING
00:30:01.26\00:30:04.63
TO BE BEHEADED, LIKE
PAUL AND JAMES WERE, HE SAID,
00:30:04.63\00:30:07.37
'YOU'RE GOING TO BE
CRUCIFIED.' NOW HEROD IS
00:30:07.37\00:30:08.87
GOING TO KILL HIM WITH
THE SWORD - IT SAYS JAMES WAS
00:30:08.87\00:30:11.54
KILLED WITH THE SWORD -
HE WAS BEHEADED - AND PETER
00:30:11.54\00:30:14.14
WAS GOING TO BE KILLED
THE SAME WAY THE NEXT DAY AND
00:30:14.14\00:30:17.41
PETER SAID,
'THIS JUST ISN'T RIGHT.
00:30:17.41\00:30:19.21
I DON'T KNOW HOW
GOD'S GOING TO GET ME OUT OF
00:30:19.21\00:30:20.35
THIS PICKLE, BUT JESUS
STILL HAS A LOT OF WORK
00:30:20.35\00:30:22.12
FOR ME TO DO SO I'M NOT
GOING TO WORRY ABOUT IT.
00:30:22.12\00:30:24.02
I'M GOING TO SLEEP.' HE
HAD LEARNED TO TRUST THE
00:30:24.02\00:30:27.16
LORD - FINALLY HAD
LEARNED THAT FAITH.
00:30:27.16\00:30:31.16
GOD HAD GOTTEN HIM OUT
OF PRISON BEFORE; HE DIDN'T
00:30:31.16\00:30:33.16
KNOW HOW HE'D DO IT, BUT
HE FIGURED, 'LORD, IT'S IN
00:30:33.16\00:30:35.00
YOUR - YOU KNOW, IF YOU
WANT ME TO KEEP PREACHING
00:30:35.00\00:30:38.20
- IF YOU WANT ME TO DIE,
I'M WILLING TO DIE FOR YOU.
00:30:38.20\00:30:39.97
WHATEVER YOU WANT, LORD,
IT'S OKAY WITH ME.' HE HAD
00:30:39.97\00:30:42.97
THE - THE PEACE
OF SOMEBODY WHO HAS
00:30:42.97\00:30:47.18
SURRENDERED THEIR LIFE TO JESUS.
00:30:47.18\00:30:48.81
THE BIBLE CALLS IT A
PEACE THAT PASSES UNDERSTANDING.
00:30:48.81\00:30:52.35
PAUL, JUST BEFORE HIS
EXECUTION, HE WROTE TO
00:30:52.35\00:30:55.38
TIMOTHY AND HE SAID,
'TIMOTHY, I'VE FOUGHT A
00:30:55.38\00:30:58.35
GOOD FIGHT. I'VE FINISHED
MY COURSE. I'VE KEPT THE FAITH.
00:30:58.35\00:31:03.32
HEREAFTER THERE IS LAID
UP FOR ME A CROWN, WHICH THE
00:31:03.32\00:31:06.13
RIGHTEOUS JUDGE WILL GIVE
ME THAT DAY, BUT NOT TO ME
00:31:06.13\00:31:08.50
ONLY, BUT TO ALL THOSE
THAT LOVE HIS APPEARING.'
00:31:08.50\00:31:10.60
HERE HE'S WORKING
TO ENCOURAGE TIMOTHY.
00:31:10.60\00:31:12.73
PAUL WASN'T AFRAID.
PETER WASN'T AFRAID.
00:31:12.73\00:31:15.70
JESUS COULD SLEEP IN A STORM.
00:31:15.70\00:31:18.24
PAUL CALLS IT A PEACE
THAT PASSES UNDERSTANDING.
00:31:18.24\00:31:22.04
WOULDN'T YOU LIKE TO
HAVE THAT KIND OF PEACE - YOU
00:31:22.04\00:31:24.05
DON'T HAVE TO BE
AFRAID OF ANYTHING?
00:31:24.05\00:31:25.65
PETER HAS THAT.
NOW I LOOK AT THESE
00:31:25.65\00:31:28.68
STORIES ALSO SPIRITUALLY.
SO PETER, THE ACTUAL
00:31:28.68\00:31:33.22
HISTORY OF IT, HE'S GOT
FAITH. HE SAYS, 'YOU KNOW, LORD,
00:31:33.22\00:31:36.86
YOU SAID I'M
GOING TO BE CRUCIFIED.
00:31:36.86\00:31:37.96
SOMETHING ELSE
MUST BE HAPPENING.
00:31:37.96\00:31:39.33
I DON'T KNOW HOW
YOU'RE GOING TO GET ME OUT OF
00:31:39.33\00:31:40.56
THIS BUT I TRUST
YOU.' SO HE'S SLEEPING.
00:31:40.56\00:31:43.47
MATTER OF FACT, THE
SOLDIERS ARE PROBABLY IRRITATED.
00:31:43.47\00:31:45.17
'HOW CAN HE SLEEP SO PEACEFULLY?
00:31:45.17\00:31:47.64
WE CAN'T SLEEP CHAINED TO
SOMEBODY.' AND - BUT PETER
00:31:47.64\00:31:52.97
ALSO REPRESENTS
HOW PEOPLE ARE SAVED.
00:31:52.97\00:31:56.81
THERE'RE STORIES
ABOUT SALVATION FROM PRISON.
00:31:56.81\00:31:59.38
THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT
THERE THAT ARE IN PRISON.
00:31:59.38\00:32:02.08
THEY ARE ABOUT TO BE
DESTROYED. YOU KNOW, IF YOU
00:32:02.08\00:32:04.59
DON'T HAVE THE SON, YOU'RE
UNDER A DEATH PENALTY, AND
00:32:04.59\00:32:07.22
THEY'RE ASLEEP ON
THEIR WAY TO DESTRUCTION.
00:32:07.22\00:32:11.36
YOU KNOW PEOPLE
LIKE THAT, DON'T YOU?
00:32:11.36\00:32:13.73
THEY'RE LOST - THEY
DON'T EVEN KNOW THEY'RE LOST.
00:32:13.73\00:32:16.30
THEY'RE PERISHING -
THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW.
00:32:16.30\00:32:18.63
THEY'RE ASLEEP WITH A
DEATH SENTENCE HANGING
00:32:18.63\00:32:20.80
OVER THEM AND THEY'RE OBLIVIOUS.
00:32:20.80\00:32:23.41
AND THE LORD WANTS TO SAVE THEM.
00:32:23.41\00:32:25.74
SO WHAT DOES GOD
DO? HE SENDS AN ANGEL.
00:32:25.74\00:32:29.28
HE SENDS A MESSENGER.
WHAT DID THE ANGEL DO?
00:32:29.28\00:32:31.95
IT SAYS, 'LIGHT SHONE
IN THE PRISON.' ISN'T THAT
00:32:31.95\00:32:34.18
GOOD THAT GOD DIDN'T SAY,
'IF YOU COME OUT OF PRISON
00:32:34.18\00:32:36.02
I'LL GIVE YOU SOME LIGHT'?
GOD BRINGS THE LIGHT TO US
00:32:36.02\00:32:38.82
WHILE WE ARE STILL IN
OUR ADDICTIONS - WHILE WE'RE
00:32:38.82\00:32:41.69
STILL IN OUR PRISON -
WHILE WE'RE STILL CAPTIVE.
00:32:41.69\00:32:45.33
HE SENDS THE LIGHT
TO US IN THAT CONDITION.
00:32:45.33\00:32:47.50
JESUS CAME INTO THIS
WORLD WHERE THE LOST PEOPLE ARE
00:32:47.50\00:32:49.73
AND THE LIGHT
SHINED IN THE DARKNESS.
00:32:49.73\00:32:53.00
HE SENDS LIGHT TO THE DUNGEON.
00:32:53.00\00:32:55.60
AN ANGEL OF THE LORD
STOOD BY HIM AND LIGHT SHONE IN
00:32:55.60\00:32:58.97
THE PRISON. GOD SENDS A MESSAGE.
00:32:58.97\00:33:00.68
HE SENDS AN ANGEL. AND
HE STRUCK PETER ON THE SIDE.
00:33:00.68\00:33:05.75
NOW, WHEN I FIRST
READ THAT - YOU'VE GOT KING
00:33:05.75\00:33:08.12
JAMES, IT SAYS 'HE SMOTE
HIM' - THAT DOESN'T MEAN -
00:33:08.12\00:33:12.69
KAREN'S REAL GENTLE, YOU
KNOW, IF I'M TAKING A NAP
00:33:12.69\00:33:14.59
AND SHE'S GOT TO WAKE ME
UP BECAUSE I'M GOING TO BE
00:33:14.59\00:33:15.92
LATE OR SOMETHING,
SHE'LL COME AND SHE'LL GRAB MY
00:33:15.92\00:33:17.33
TOE AND SAY, 'DOUG.' SHE
DOESN'T WANT TO SCARE ME,
00:33:17.33\00:33:20.56
BUT YOU EVER WAKE
SOMEONE UP AND THEY GO 'UH!'
00:33:20.56\00:33:24.27
(LAUGHTER) AND EVEN IF
YOU'RE GENTLE, IT DEPENDS
00:33:24.27\00:33:27.87
ON WHERE THEY ARE IN
THE DREAM, RIGHT? (LAUGHTER)
00:33:27.87\00:33:33.48
I WON'T GO INTO IT, BUT
I LOCKED KAREN OUT OF OUR
00:33:33.48\00:33:38.21
HOTEL ROOM AT A CHRISTIAN
RETREAT A FEW WEEKS AGO.
00:33:38.21\00:33:41.02
(LAUGHTER) AND SHE WAS
- SHE STAYED UP TOO LATE
00:33:41.02\00:33:45.25
PLAYING AND TALKING
WITH HER FRIENDS - AND I WENT
00:33:45.25\00:33:46.96
TO SLEEP AND SHE LEFT
HER KEY IN THE ROOM AND SHE
00:33:46.96\00:33:51.69
CAME AND TAPPED ON THE DOOR.
00:33:51.69\00:33:52.73
WELL, IT WAS LIKE
MIDNIGHT AND SHE DIDN'T WANT TO
00:33:52.73\00:33:54.00
WAKE EVERYONE UP SO SHE
TAPPED - I DIDN'T HEAR -
00:33:54.00\00:33:55.36
BIG, LOUD AIR-CONDITIONER
IN THIS ROOM - I DIDN'T
00:33:55.36\00:33:57.47
HEAR HER AND I HAD THE
PILLOW OVER MY HEAD - AND
00:33:57.47\00:33:59.33
SHE'S TAPPING
AND SHE'S KNOCKING.
00:33:59.33\00:34:00.34
SHE'S THINKING,
'MAN, I DON'T WANT TO WAKE
00:34:00.34\00:34:01.34
EVERYBODY UP.' SO THERE
WAS A COUCH IN THE LOBBY
00:34:01.34\00:34:04.17
AND SHE WENT AND
LAID DOWN IN THE LOBBY.
00:34:04.17\00:34:06.98
>>IT WAS LIKE
12:30 - 1:00 - 1:30.
00:34:06.98\00:34:10.11
>>SHE KEPT KNOCKING -
THERE WAS WEEPING AND GNASHING
00:34:10.11\00:34:13.31
OF TEETH (LAUGHTER)
BECAUSE THE DOOR WAS SHUT.
00:34:13.31\00:34:18.82
AND SO I WAKE UP ABOUT
4:00 AND I ROLL OVER AND I
00:34:18.82\00:34:23.89
GO - EVEN THOUGH THERE
WERE DOUBLE BEDS IN THE
00:34:23.89\00:34:26.06
ROOM WE SLEEP TOGETHER
SO I - I'M - AND THEN I LOOK
00:34:26.06\00:34:29.16
AND THOUGHT, 'MAYBE
SHE WENT TO THE OTHER BED.'
00:34:29.16\00:34:30.70
SHE'S NOT THERE I SAID, 'AH!
00:34:30.70\00:34:31.90
SHE LEFT HER KEY AND I
DIDN'T HEAR HER.' I FELT
00:34:31.90\00:34:35.14
SO BAD I LOCKED MY
WIFE OUT.' (LAUGHTER) AND
00:34:35.14\00:34:38.84
SO I WENT AND I OPENED UP
THE LOBBY AND AS SOON AS I
00:34:38.84\00:34:42.74
OPENED THE DOOR I
HEARD THIS MELODIOUS SNORING
00:34:42.74\00:34:45.78
(LAUGHTER) AND, SURE
ENOUGH, I COULD HEAR HER
00:34:45.78\00:34:49.88
FROM THE LOBBY.
(LAUGHTER) BUT I WENT TO
00:34:49.88\00:34:52.35
WAKE HER UP AND SHE HAD
HAD SUCH A FITFUL SLEEP I
00:34:52.35\00:34:54.36
WENT TO TOUCH HER
AND SHE WENT 'AGH!'
00:34:54.36\00:34:58.69
WELL, THE ANGEL, WHEN
HE WOKE UP PETER, HE SMOTE
00:34:58.69\00:35:01.50
HIM AND IT MEANS HE
STRUCK HIM, BECAUSE SOMETIMES
00:35:01.50\00:35:06.74
GOD HAS GOT TO WAKE YOU UP.
00:35:06.74\00:35:09.24
YOU EVER TRY TO WAKE UP
SOMEBODY, LIKE A TEENAGER?
00:35:09.24\00:35:12.61
AND EVERYBODY IN THE
HOUSE HEARS THE ALARM RINGING
00:35:12.61\00:35:15.04
EXCEPT THE PERSON WHO
HAS IT RIGHT BY THEIR EAR
00:35:15.04\00:35:19.28
BECAUSE THEY'VE GOT
THAT - THAT PEACEFUL SLEEP OF
00:35:19.28\00:35:22.25
ADOLESCENCE - IT'S VERY
DEEP - AND YOU'VE GOT TO
00:35:22.25\00:35:26.82
SHAKE THEM. AND
THE ANGEL STRUCK PETER.
00:35:26.82\00:35:31.09
SOMETIMES GOD HAS TO
STRIKE US TO WAKE US UP.
00:35:31.09\00:35:33.76
AND HE SAID, 'ARISE.'
GOD CALLS US TO WAKE UP.
00:35:33.76\00:35:38.37
HE STRUCK HIM ON THE
SIDE AND SAID, 'ARISE QUICKLY!
00:35:38.37\00:35:41.27
YOU'RE ON DEATH
ROW. YOU'RE SLEEPING.
00:35:41.27\00:35:43.41
YOU'RE GOING TO
BE CONDEMNED. GET UP!
00:35:43.41\00:35:45.17
I PROVIDED A WAY OF
ESCAPE, WHY DO YOU TARRY?'
00:35:45.17\00:35:47.78
WHEN THE LORD CALLS US
TO SAVE US, HE SAYS, 'ARISE
00:35:47.78\00:35:50.38
QUICKLY!' YOU
KNOW, WHENEVER JESUS
00:35:50.38\00:35:52.81
CALLED PEOPLE HE
SAID, 'COME NOW.' HE CALLED
00:35:52.81\00:35:55.05
ZACCHEUS, 'MAKE
HASTE!' SALVATION IS AN
00:35:55.05\00:35:58.12
URGENT BUSINESS.
IT IS LIFE AND DEATH.
00:35:58.12\00:36:00.69
AND PEOPLE LOLLYGAG AND
TAKE THEIR TIME AND THEY
00:36:00.69\00:36:02.86
DON'T REALIZE THEY'RE
GAMBLING WITH ETERNITY.
00:36:02.86\00:36:06.33
WHEN THE LORD CALLS
YOU, YOU NEED TO COME.
00:36:06.33\00:36:09.03
HE'S TRYING TO GET YOU
OUT OF PRISON AND SAVE YOU
00:36:09.03\00:36:11.27
FROM EXECUTION.
GOD SENDS AN ANGEL.
00:36:11.27\00:36:13.44
IF YOU - SOMEONE COMES
TO YOUR PRISON CELL AND SAYS
00:36:13.44\00:36:15.27
'WE'RE ABOUT TO BREAK
OUT OF THE ROMAN'S TOP
00:36:15.27\00:36:17.84
SECURITY FEDERAL
PRISON. FOLLOW ME!'
00:36:17.84\00:36:21.11
YOU BETTER MOVE FAST. >>AMEN!
00:36:21.11\00:36:23.85
>>THE ANGEL - HE'S
NOT EVEN FOOLING AROUND -
00:36:23.85\00:36:26.68
'ARISE QUICKLY!' NOW
PETER COULD HAVE ARGUED.
00:36:26.68\00:36:29.65
HE COULD HAVE SAID TO
THE ANGEL - WE DON'T KNOW
00:36:29.65\00:36:31.19
WHICH ANGEL, HE COULD
HAVE BEEN GABRIEL - IT SAYS
00:36:31.19\00:36:33.09
'THE ANGEL OF THE LORD'.
HE COULD HAVE SAID, 'LOOK,
00:36:33.09\00:36:35.99
GABRIEL, I'D LOVE TO GET
UP BUT I CAN'T. I'M CHAINED.
00:36:35.99\00:36:40.16
AND HERE YOU SEE ON MY
RIGHT I'VE GOT MARIO AND
00:36:40.16\00:36:43.00
THEN I'VE GOT ANTONIO
AND - HOW AM I EVER GOING TO
00:36:43.00\00:36:45.27
GET OUT? THANKS
SO MUCH FOR TRYING,
00:36:45.27\00:36:47.34
BUT THERE'S NO
WAY! AND WHAT ABOUT THE
00:36:47.34\00:36:49.70
GUARDS AT THE DOOR?'
AND PETER COULD HAVE TOLD
00:36:49.70\00:36:51.71
THEM ALL THE
REASONS HE COULDN'T GO.
00:36:51.71\00:36:54.41
AND, YOU KNOW, IF YOU
WANT TO, WHEN GOD CALLS YOU TO
00:36:54.41\00:36:57.48
FOLLOW HIM, IF YOU WANT
TO FIND EXCUSES NOT TO FOLLOW
00:36:57.48\00:36:59.81
HIM, THERE'S LOTS OF
EXCUSES THE DEVIL WILL PROVIDE.
00:36:59.81\00:37:03.45
YOU WILL SEE CHAINS ON
THE RIGHT AND YOU WILL SEE
00:37:03.45\00:37:05.62
CHAINS ON THE LEFT, BUT
WHEN GOD TELLS YOU TO GET
00:37:05.62\00:37:08.86
UP AND TO FOLLOW
HIM, DON'T DOUBT.
00:37:08.86\00:37:12.63
WHAT HAPPENED WHEN
PETER MADE AN EFFORT TO OBEY?
00:37:12.63\00:37:15.63
IT SAYS, 'HIS CHAINS FELL
OFF OF HIS HANDS.' AS SOON
00:37:15.63\00:37:21.60
AS HE MADE AN EFFORT TO
GET UP, THE CHAINS BROKE.
00:37:21.60\00:37:25.51
>>AMEN. >>IT'S A MIRACLE.
00:37:25.51\00:37:28.61
"THEN THE ANGEL SAID
TO HIM, 'GIRD YOURSELF AND
00:37:28.61\00:37:32.28
TIE ON YOUR
SANDALS." AND HE DID SO.
00:37:32.28\00:37:34.38
YOU KNOW WHEN YOU'RE
A CHRISTIAN YOU BEGIN A
00:37:34.38\00:37:35.65
JOURNEY - YOU PUT YOUR SHOES ON.
00:37:35.65\00:37:37.15
WHEN THE LORD CAME TO
DELIVER THE CHILDREN OF
00:37:37.15\00:37:38.89
ISRAEL FROM SLAVERY HE
SAID, 'I WANT YOU TO EAT
00:37:38.89\00:37:41.46
THE LAMB WITH YOUR
SHOES ON YOUR FEET BECAUSE
00:37:41.46\00:37:45.46
YOU'RE GOING TO - YOU'RE
GOING TO BEGIN A JOURNEY -
00:37:45.46\00:37:48.13
AND THE LORD KEPT THEIR
SHOES FROM WEARING OUT FOR
00:37:48.13\00:37:49.70
FORTY YEARS.
THE BIBLE SAYS, 'HOW
00:37:49.70\00:37:52.13
BEAUTIFUL ON THE MOUNT
ARE THE FEET OF THOSE THAT
00:37:52.13\00:37:54.67
SHARE THE GOOD NEWS' -
IT'S A JOURNEY - FOLLOWING
00:37:54.67\00:37:56.74
JESUS IS A PILGRIMAGE.
YOU DON'T STAND STILL.
00:37:56.74\00:37:59.14
IN PRISON, YOU DON'T
GO ANYWHERE. BUT WHEN YOU
00:37:59.14\00:38:02.38
BEGIN TO FOLLOW THE
LORD, YOU GO PLACES.
00:38:02.38\00:38:05.35
HE SAID, 'GIRD YOURSELF
- PUT ON YOUR ROBE - PUT ON
00:38:05.35\00:38:08.52
YOUR GARMENT.' WHEN YOU
COME OUT OF PRISON - THEY
00:38:08.52\00:38:10.72
GAVE THEM NEW GARMENTS -
'AND FOLLOW ME.' WHAT WAS
00:38:10.72\00:38:14.52
PETER'S JOB? TO
FOLLOW. HOW DO WE GET FREE?
00:38:14.52\00:38:21.06
HOW DID THE CHILDREN OF
ISRAEL GET OUT OF EGYPT?
00:38:21.06\00:38:23.90
THE LORD SAID,
'FOLLOW ME.' 'BUT WHERE'S THE
00:38:23.90\00:38:25.40
BREAD?' 'FOLLOW ME.' 'HOW ARE
00:38:25.40\00:38:26.97
WE GOING TO GET WATER?'
'FOLLOW ME.' 'BUT THERE'S
00:38:26.97\00:38:28.90
AN OCEAN IN THE WAY.'
'FOLLOW ME.' A PILLAR OF
00:38:28.90\00:38:32.21
FIRE WENT OUT BEFORE
THEM. THEY HAD TO FOLLOW.
00:38:32.21\00:38:35.34
YOU MAY NOT KNOW WHAT
GOD'S PLAN IS FOR YOU,
00:38:35.34\00:38:37.95
FROM DAY TO DAY, OR WHY
YOU'RE GOING THROUGH SOME
00:38:37.95\00:38:39.48
OF WHAT YOU'RE GOING
THROUGH, BUT IF YOU MAKE
00:38:39.48\00:38:40.95
UP YOUR MIND TO FOLLOW
JESUS, HE WILL GET YOU OUT
00:38:40.95\00:38:42.78
OF JAIL. >>AMEN.
00:38:42.78\00:38:44.32
>>HOW MANY OF
YOU PLAYED MONOPOLY?
00:38:44.32\00:38:46.62
WERE YOU HAPPY
WHEN YOU GOT THAT CARD?
00:38:46.62\00:38:49.36
(LAUGHTER) A FREE
GET OUT OF JAIL CARD.
00:38:49.36\00:38:55.10
WELL THAT'S WHAT THE
LORD'S OFFERING US IN THE
00:38:55.10\00:38:58.13
GOSPEL. HE'S
GOING TO SAVE US FROM
00:38:58.13\00:39:00.60
JAIL AND TAKE US
TO THE PROMISED LAND.
00:39:00.60\00:39:02.84
"'PUT ON YOUR GARMENT AND
FOLLOW ME.' SO HE WENT OUT
00:39:02.84\00:39:06.07
AND FOLLOWED HIM, AND
DID NOT KNOW THAT WHAT WAS
00:39:06.07\00:39:09.08
DONE BY THE ANGEL WAS
REAL, BUT THOUGHT HE WAS
00:39:09.08\00:39:10.98
SEEING A VISION."
NOW, IF YOU KNOW YOUR
00:39:10.98\00:39:12.65
BIBLE, YOU KNOW IN
CHAPTER 10 HE HAS A VISION - HE
00:39:12.65\00:39:15.75
DREAMS ABOUT THIS
LUNCH THAT NEVER ACTUALLY
00:39:15.75\00:39:17.15
HAPPENS - IT'S ALL IN -
THE VISION IS DIFFERENT THAN
00:39:17.15\00:39:19.92
WHAT WAS REALLY
HAPPENING NOW WITH THE ANGEL.
00:39:19.92\00:39:21.76
THIS WAS A REAL DELIVERANCE.
00:39:21.76\00:39:23.93
HE THOUGHT, 'WOW, THIS
SEEMS SO REAL.' AND AS HE
00:39:23.93\00:39:27.10
GETS UP THE CHAINS FALL
OFF AND MARIO AND ANTONIO
00:39:27.10\00:39:31.23
DON'T SEEM TO HEAR THE ANGEL.
00:39:31.23\00:39:32.57
THEY DON'T SEEM
TO HEAR THE CHAINS.
00:39:32.57\00:39:34.40
AND THEN HE WALKS UP TO
THE DOOR AND HE'S GOING TO
00:39:34.40\00:39:36.91
SAY SOMETHING TO GABRIEL
AND THE DOOR OPENS AND HE
00:39:36.91\00:39:41.24
WALKS OUT OF THE
FIRST DOOR AND THERE'S THE
00:39:41.24\00:39:43.28
GUARDS - IT SAYS, 'THE
KEEPERS WERE AT THE GUARD'
00:39:43.28\00:39:45.25
- ROMAN SOLDIERS STAYED
ON WATCH - IF THEY WENT TO
00:39:45.25\00:39:47.08
SLEEP, THEY WERE IN TROUBLE.
00:39:47.08\00:39:49.25
AND PETER, HE TAKES HIS
EYES - HE GOES LIKE THIS
00:39:49.25\00:39:52.49
IN FRONT OF THE GUARD'S
FACE, HE DOESN'T SEE ANYTHING.
00:39:52.49\00:39:55.49
HE SAYS, 'OH, THIS IS A VISION.
00:39:55.49\00:39:56.62
WHAT DOES HE - HE
DOESN'T SEE ANYTHING.' AND THE
00:39:56.62\00:39:59.09
ANGEL SAYS,
'STOP FOOLING AROUND.
00:39:59.09\00:40:00.46
COME WITH ME.' (LAUGHTER)
AND THEN THEY GO BY ALL
00:40:00.46\00:40:05.53
THE OTHER GUARDS AND
SOME MIGHT BE RESTING AND THEN
00:40:05.53\00:40:07.90
THEY COME TO ANOTHER
GATE AND PETER'S GOING,
00:40:07.90\00:40:10.41
'WOW, LOOK AT THIS. THE
DOORS JUST KEEP OPENING.'
00:40:10.41\00:40:14.64
AND HE'S BRINGING
HIM OUT OF PRISON.
00:40:14.64\00:40:17.98
AND "WHEN THEY WERE
PAST THE FIRST AND THE SECOND
00:40:17.98\00:40:21.35
GUARD POSTS, THEY CAME
TO THE IRON GATE THAT LEADS
00:40:21.35\00:40:26.25
TO THE CITY," - AND
NOW PETER SAYS TO GABRIEL,
00:40:26.25\00:40:30.59
'LOOK, YOU'VE DONE
PRETTY GOOD WORK, BUT I DON'T
00:40:30.59\00:40:32.06
WANT TO MAKE YOU DO
THIS ALL BY YOURSELF.
00:40:32.06\00:40:33.46
TELL YOU WHAT, I'LL GET
THE GUARD ON THE LEFT, YOU
00:40:33.46\00:40:35.40
GET THE TWO ON THE RIGHT
BECAUSE YOU'RE AN ANGEL -
00:40:35.40\00:40:37.37
AND WE'LL' - YOU
NOTICE PETER'S DOING NOTHING.
00:40:37.37\00:40:41.17
GOD IS DOING IT ALL. >>AMEN.
00:40:41.17\00:40:42.40
>>PETER'S JOB IS TO FOLLOW.
00:40:42.40\00:40:44.91
ANOTHER REASON THIS
STORY IS REMARKABLE IS BECAUSE
00:40:44.91\00:40:49.08
THIS IS ONE OF THE
ONLY TIMES IN THE BIBLE THAT
00:40:49.08\00:40:52.28
YOU HEAR PETER MENTIONED
IN SEVERAL VERSES AND HE
00:40:52.28\00:40:55.42
DOESN'T SPEAK. (LAUGHTER)
REALLY. DO A STUDY YOURSELF.
00:40:55.42\00:41:00.12
EVERY OTHER PLACE IN
THE BIBLE WHERE YOU HEAR
00:41:00.12\00:41:02.12
PETER'S NAME WITHIN A
VERSE, PETER IS TALKING.
00:41:02.12\00:41:06.06
HE ALWAYS HAD SOMETHING TO SAY.
00:41:06.06\00:41:08.13
HE WAS VERY - AND
THAT'S WHY GOD USED HIM, YOU
00:41:08.13\00:41:09.83
KNOW, HE WAS VERY
VERBOSE AND PETER'S NOT SAYING
00:41:09.83\00:41:12.73
ANYTHING. HE'S
JUST WATCHING ALL THIS.
00:41:12.73\00:41:14.20
HE'S THINKING THINGS,
BUT HE'S NOT SAYING ANYTHING.
00:41:14.20\00:41:17.51
AND IT SAYS HE LED HIM
TO THE GREAT IRON GATE AND
00:41:17.51\00:41:23.38
THE ANGEL PRESSED HIS
GARAGE DOOR OPENER AND
00:41:23.38\00:41:27.08
SILENTLY, ON ITS HINGES,
THIS BIG ROMAN GATE OPENS
00:41:27.08\00:41:30.99
OF ITS OWN ACCORD.
IT SAYS, "WHEN THEY WERE
00:41:30.99\00:41:33.86
PAST THE FIRST AND THE
SECOND...THEY CAME TO THE
00:41:33.86\00:41:37.06
IRON GATE" -
YOU'VE GOT FIRST, SECOND -
00:41:37.06\00:41:38.39
WHAT'S THE IRON GATE?
THIRD. THERE ARE SOME NUMBERS
00:41:38.39\00:41:41.53
HERE I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT.
00:41:41.53\00:41:43.03
I DON'T WANT TO MAKE TOO
MUCH OF THIS, BUT I THINK
00:41:43.03\00:41:46.77
ABOUT THESE THINGS,
HOW MANY CHAINS WERE THERE?
00:41:46.77\00:41:50.84
RIGHT HAND, LEFT HAND.
00:41:50.84\00:41:51.91
YOU KNOW, THERE ARE TWO
AREAS WHERE WE SIN: ONE IS
00:41:51.91\00:41:56.31
CALLED SINS OF
COMMISSION AND SINS OF OMISSION.
00:41:56.31\00:42:01.78
SINS OF COMMISSION
MEANS YOU COMMIT A SIN.
00:42:01.78\00:42:04.55
YOU DO SOMETHING
WRONG. SINS OF OMISSION ARE
00:42:04.55\00:42:09.89
NEGLECTING TO
DO SOMETHING RIGHT.
00:42:09.89\00:42:12.73
YOU KNOW THE JUDGMENT
IN THE BIBLE WHERE IT TALKS
00:42:12.73\00:42:14.93
ABOUT JESUS SEPARATING
THE GOATS FROM THE SHEEP AND
00:42:14.93\00:42:18.17
HE SAYS TO THE GOATS,
HE SAYS, 'I WAS HUNGRY AND
00:42:18.17\00:42:21.40
YOU DIDN'T FEED ME.
I WAS THIRSTY AND YOU
00:42:21.40\00:42:23.17
DIDN'T GIVE ME
DRINK. I WAS NAKED AND YOU
00:42:23.17\00:42:25.04
DIDN'T CLOTHE ME. I
WAS A STRANGER AND IN
00:42:25.04\00:42:27.81
PRISON AND YOU DIDN'T
COME TO ME - SICK OR IN
00:42:27.81\00:42:30.88
PRISON OR A STRANGER.
HE'S NOT SAYING YOU STOLE,
00:42:30.88\00:42:35.48
YOU LIED, YOU KILLED,
YOU COMMITTED ADULTERY.
00:42:35.48\00:42:39.15
HE'S SAYING, 'I HAD
NEEDS' - YOU DIDN'T DO ANYTHING
00:42:39.15\00:42:41.69
BAD BUT YOU DIDN'T
DO ANYTHING GOOD EITHER.
00:42:41.69\00:42:44.49
THESE ARE NOT SINS OF
COMMISSION THEY'RE SINS OF
00:42:44.49\00:42:46.26
OMISSION. AND HE SAYS,
'DEPART FROM ME YOU CURSED
00:42:46.26\00:42:49.06
INTO EVERLASTING FIRE
PREPARED FOR THE DEVIL AND
00:42:49.06\00:42:51.60
HIS ANGELS.' THEY'RE LOST,
NOT BECAUSE OF THE BAD THEY
00:42:51.60\00:42:54.34
DID, BUT THE
GOOD THEY NEGLECTED.
00:42:54.34\00:42:57.77
WE'VE GOT A LOT OF
PEOPLE IN CHURCH THAT ARE ALWAYS
00:42:57.77\00:43:00.31
MAKING SURE THEY'RE NOT
DOING ANYTHING WRONG, BUT
00:43:00.31\00:43:02.14
THEY'RE NOT DOING
ANYTHING RIGHT EITHER.
00:43:02.14\00:43:03.88
(LAUGHTER) AND THEN
YOU'VE GOT THE OTHER CATEGORY -
00:43:03.88\00:43:07.65
SINS OF COMMISSION,
WHICH YOU ALL KNOW TOO WELL.
00:43:07.65\00:43:11.99
LYING AND STEALING AND,
YOU KNOW, BREAKING ANY OF
00:43:11.99\00:43:13.99
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
AND THEIR SUBCATEGORIES.
00:43:13.99\00:43:16.96
GOD BROKE THOSE CHAINS -
TWO CHAINS - THREE DOORS.
00:43:16.96\00:43:22.93
THE BIBLE SAYS THERE'S
REALLY THREE CATEGORIES OF
00:43:22.93\00:43:25.43
SIN. HOW MANY AREAS WAS
00:43:25.43\00:43:26.90
JESUS TEMPTED IN?
HOW MANY TEMPTATIONS
00:43:26.90\00:43:29.57
CAME TO CHRIST?
SAME THREE AREAS WHERE
00:43:29.57\00:43:32.61
ADAM AND EVEN
FELL IN THE GARDEN.
00:43:32.61\00:43:35.58
JOHN REFERS TO IT THIS
WAY IN 1 JOHN CHAPTER 2, VERSE
00:43:35.58\00:43:39.78
15, "LOVE NOT THE
WORLD, NEITHER THE THINGS THAT
00:43:39.78\00:43:42.38
ARE IN THE WORLD. IF
ANY MAN LOVE THE WORLD,
00:43:42.38\00:43:44.92
THE LOVE OF THE
FATHER IS NOT IN HIM.
00:43:44.92\00:43:47.06
FOR ALL THAT IS SIN
THE WORLD, THE LUST OF THE
00:43:47.06\00:43:48.96
FLESH, AND THE LUST OF
THE EYES, AND THE PRIDE OF
00:43:48.96\00:43:52.83
LIFE, IS NOT OF THE
FATHER, BUT IS OF THE
00:43:52.83\00:43:55.16
WORLD. AND THE WORLD PASSETH
00:43:55.16\00:43:56.67
AWAY, AND THE LUST
THEREOF: BUT HE THAT DOETH
00:43:56.67\00:43:59.27
THE WILL OF GOD
ABIDETH FOR EVER."
00:43:59.27\00:44:02.34
ANY SIN THAT YOU CAN
THINK OF WILL FALL UNDER THE
00:44:02.34\00:44:04.27
CATEGORY OF THE LUST OF
THE FLESH, THE LUST OF THE
00:44:04.27\00:44:07.28
EYES, OR THE PRIDE OF LIFE.
00:44:07.28\00:44:09.34
THOSE THINGS ARE SORT
OF HANDLES THAT FIT EVERY
00:44:09.34\00:44:11.55
OTHER SIN YOU CAN THINK OF.
00:44:11.55\00:44:13.31
JESUS WAS SUCCESSFUL
IN RESISTING ALL OF THOSE
00:44:13.31\00:44:16.65
TEMPTATIONS AS AN
EXAMPLE THAT, THROUGH HIS POWER,
00:44:16.65\00:44:19.35
WE CAN BE
VICTORIOUS IN THOSE AREAS.
00:44:19.35\00:44:21.42
HE CAN BREAK THE PRISON
DOORS, HE CAN BRING US ALL
00:44:21.42\00:44:25.59
THE WAY OUT. HE
CAN BREAK YOUR CHAINS.
00:44:25.59\00:44:30.67
HE CAN SET YOU FREE.
00:44:30.67\00:44:32.57
YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT
SAID THESE DAYS ABOUT THE
00:44:32.57\00:44:34.30
GRACE OF GOD AND I
APPRECIATE THAT AND I
00:44:34.30\00:44:36.20
BELIEVE IN THE GRACE OF GOD.
00:44:36.20\00:44:38.01
BUT WE OFTEN USE THE
MESSAGES OF GRACE AS AN
00:44:38.01\00:44:41.84
EXCUSE TO
CONTINUE BEING A SLAVE.
00:44:41.84\00:44:46.35
AND SOMETIMES WE FIRST
COME TO JESUS AND THERE'S
00:44:46.35\00:44:49.88
THESE SINS IN OUR LIVES
AND WE'RE CONVICTED BY IT,
00:44:49.88\00:44:53.22
BUT WE HEAR SO MANY
GRACE MESSAGES WE FIGURE GOD IS
00:44:53.22\00:44:55.86
GOING TO COME TO SAVE
US IN OUR SIN AND WE FORGET
00:44:55.86\00:44:58.56
THAT HE'S ABLE TO
SAVE US FROM OUR SIN.
00:44:58.56\00:45:00.96
HE WANTS TO BREAK THE
CHAINS AND TO BRING US OUT
00:45:00.96\00:45:04.23
OF PRISON. >>AMEN.
00:45:04.23\00:45:06.00
>>AND TO SET US FREE.
AND THE WAY THAT WE GET
00:45:06.00\00:45:09.20
DELIVERANCE IS ONE
MOMENT AT A TIME, ONE STEP AT A
00:45:09.20\00:45:12.07
TIME, FOLLOWING
WHERE THE ANGEL IS LEADING.
00:45:12.07\00:45:15.04
DON'T THINK ABOUT THE
OBSTACLES OR THE DEVIL
00:45:15.04\00:45:17.21
WILL SCARE YOU SO YOU'LL
NEVER FOLLOW. STORY IN THE
00:45:17.21\00:45:20.45
BIBLE OF TEN LEPERS -
THEY CAME TO JESUS FOR HEALING.
00:45:20.45\00:45:25.15
THEY COULDN'T COME
TOO CLOSE BECAUSE THEY HAD
00:45:25.15\00:45:26.39
LEPROSY, BUT FROM THE
BROW OF THE HILL THEY CALLED TO
00:45:26.39\00:45:29.02
JESUS AND THEY SAID,
'SON OF DAVID, HAVE MERCY ON
00:45:29.02\00:45:31.59
US.' HE SAID, 'OKAY,
GO SHOW YOURSELF TO THE
00:45:31.59\00:45:35.30
PRIESTS AND MAKE THE
OFFERING OF THANKSGIVING
00:45:35.30\00:45:38.10
FOR CLEANSING FROM
LEPROSY.' WELL, THEY COULD
00:45:38.10\00:45:41.17
HAVE ARGUED WITH THEM
AND SAID, 'LORD, WE'LL BE
00:45:41.17\00:45:43.10
HAPPY TO MAKE THE
OFFERING FOR CLEANSING FROM
00:45:43.10\00:45:45.27
LEPROSY, BUT WHILE WE
STILL HAVE OUR LEPROSY,
00:45:45.27\00:45:48.14
THAT DOESN'T MAKE ANY
SENSE.' BUT THEY DIDN'T
00:45:48.14\00:45:50.81
ARGUE AND IT SAYS, 'IN
THE GOSPEL OF LUKE, 'IN GOING
00:45:50.81\00:45:54.82
THEY WERE CLEANSED.' WHY
DON'T YOU SAY THAT WITH ME?
00:45:54.82\00:45:59.45
LET ME SAY IT AGAIN, 'IN
GOING THEY WERE CLEANSED.'
00:45:59.45\00:46:03.26
IN OTHER WORDS, AS THEY
WENT A MIRACLE HAPPENED.
00:46:03.26\00:46:07.50
WHEN THE LORD CALLS YOU
TO COME OUT OF PRISON, YOU
00:46:07.50\00:46:10.53
TAKE IT ONE STEP AT A TIME.
00:46:10.53\00:46:12.47
AND YOU'LL FIND THAT
AS YOU FOLLOW THE LORD, HE
00:46:12.47\00:46:15.04
WILL GIVE YOU THE
STRENGTH YOU NEED.
00:46:15.04\00:46:17.51
GOD'LL NOT SUFFER YOU
TO BE TEMPTED ABOVE WHAT
00:46:17.51\00:46:19.41
YOU'RE ABLE BUT WILL,
WITH EVERY TEMPTATION, PROVIDE
00:46:19.41\00:46:21.74
A WAY OF ESCAPE IF YOU WANT IT.
00:46:21.74\00:46:25.38
THE BIBLE SAYS FLEE FROM
TEMPTATION, BUT MOST OF US
00:46:25.38\00:46:27.88
CRAWL AWAY AND
HOPE IT CATCHES US.
00:46:27.88\00:46:29.78
(LAUGHTER) IT'S TRUE,
RIGHT? BUT IF YOU WANT IT, GOD
00:46:29.78\00:46:34.12
WILL PROVIDE A WAY OF ESCAPE.
00:46:34.12\00:46:36.39
AND I BELIEVE IN
GRACE, BUT I ALSO BELIEVE IN
00:46:36.39\00:46:39.79
VICTORY. >>AMEN.
00:46:39.79\00:46:41.46
>>BECAUSE SIN IS
WHAT MAKES US MISERABLE.
00:46:41.46\00:46:43.47
IT ENSLAVES US.
SO PETER FOLLOWED.
00:46:43.47\00:46:47.77
HE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS
HAPPENING WAS REAL AND HE
00:46:47.77\00:46:50.01
GETS - THE ANGEL
LEADS HIM ALL THE WAY OUT.
00:46:50.01\00:46:52.74
IT OPENS OF ITS OWN ACCORD.
00:46:52.74\00:46:53.91
LED HIM DOWN ONE
STREET AWAY FROM THE PRISON,
00:46:53.91\00:46:56.14
AROUND THE CORNER,
AND THE ANGEL DEPARTED.
00:46:56.14\00:46:59.61
NOW PETER'S STANDING
OUT THERE. IT'S STILL DARK.
00:46:59.61\00:47:02.62
GOD DELIVERS FROM PRISON
ALL FROM THE DARKEST HOUR.
00:47:02.62\00:47:06.35
AND IT SAYS, 'WHEN HE
CAME TO HIMSELF' - KIND OF LIKE
00:47:06.35\00:47:08.99
THE PRODIGAL SON -
SAVED FROM PRISON -
00:47:08.99\00:47:11.86
WHEN HE CAME TO HIMSELF.
HE SAID, 'NOW I KNOW FOR
00:47:11.86\00:47:15.66
CERTAIN THE LORD HAS SENT
HIS ANGEL AND DELIVERED ME
00:47:15.66\00:47:18.90
FROM THE HAND OF HEROD'
- HEROD'S LIKE THE DEVIL
00:47:18.90\00:47:21.54
- 'AND FROM ALL THE
EXPECTATION OF THE JEWISH
00:47:21.54\00:47:23.41
PEOPLE' - THE ENEMIES - 'THAT
WERE TRYING TO DESTROY HIM.'
00:47:23.41\00:47:27.14
AND HE COULD HAVE THOUGHT,
'WOW, THIS IS GREAT TO BE OUT
00:47:27.14\00:47:29.14
OF PRISON. I JUST
ENJOY THE FRESH AIR.
00:47:29.14\00:47:31.15
THOSE ITALIAN
SOLDIERS ATE SO MUCH GARLIC.
00:47:31.15\00:47:32.88
IT'S NICE NOW TO BE OUT HERE.
00:47:32.88\00:47:34.55
(LAUGHTER) AND I'M
JUST GOING TO WALK AROUND A
00:47:34.55\00:47:36.35
LITTLE BIT AND ENJOY THE
SUNRISE.' IS THAT WHAT HE
00:47:36.35\00:47:38.85
DOES? WHEN YOU'RE SAVED FROM
00:47:38.85\00:47:40.76
PRISON, IT'S NOT SAFE
TO JUST WANDER AROUND.
00:47:40.76\00:47:44.16
HE JUST ESCAPED FROM
TOP SECURITY ROMAN PRISON.
00:47:44.16\00:47:46.49
THEY ARE EVENTUALLY - I
MEAN, GOD'S MIRACLES ARE
00:47:46.49\00:47:48.26
GREAT - HE'LL WORK A
MIRACLE FOR YOU, BUT YOU
00:47:48.26\00:47:50.57
BETTER COOPERATE
AND GET OUT OF SIGHT.
00:47:50.57\00:47:56.37
IT SAYS, 'WHEN HE
CONSIDERED THIS THING, HE
00:47:56.37\00:47:59.64
WENT TO THE HOUSE OF
MARY, THE MOTHER OF JOHN' - THIS
00:47:59.64\00:48:02.31
IS THAT UPPER ROOM -
'WHOSE SURNAME WAS MARK,
00:48:02.31\00:48:05.21
WHERE MANY WERE
GATHERED TOGETHER PRAYING.'
00:48:05.21\00:48:08.45
WHO WERE THEY PRAYING FOR?
00:48:08.45\00:48:09.88
>>PETER. >>FOR HIM.
00:48:09.88\00:48:12.22
YOU KNOW WHAT - IN THE
NEW TESTAMENT THEY DIDN'T HAVE
00:48:12.22\00:48:15.82
A LOT OF BUILDINGS
AND WHEN YOU'VE GOT MANY
00:48:15.82\00:48:17.66
BELIEVERS GATHERED
TOGETHER PRAYING, IT'S
00:48:17.66\00:48:19.26
CALLED THE
CHURCH. DO YOU ALL AGREE?
00:48:19.26\00:48:21.90
WHERE DID HE GO WHEN HE
GOT OUT OF PRISON? CHURCH.
00:48:21.90\00:48:26.07
I KNOW PEOPLE THAT SAY,
'I WANT TO ACCEPT JESUS BUT I
00:48:26.07\00:48:28.14
DON'T WANT TO BE PART
OF ANY CHURCH.' 'I DON'T -
00:48:28.14\00:48:31.04
YOU KNOW, I DON'T
BELIEVE IN ORGANIZED RELIGION' -
00:48:31.04\00:48:33.14
WHICH MEANS THEY BELIEVE
IN DISORGANIZED RELIGION.
00:48:33.14\00:48:35.11
(LAUGHTER) AND, YOU
KNOW, WHEN SOMEBODY HAS BEEN
00:48:35.11\00:48:38.75
SAVED - YOU GOT A BABY
LAMB AND YOU LEAVE IT OUT
00:48:38.75\00:48:41.55
IN THE WOODS, THE
WOLVES ARE GOING TO GET IT.
00:48:41.55\00:48:43.59
IT NEEDS TO BE WITH
THE SHEPHERD IN THE FOLD,
00:48:43.59\00:48:45.82
RIGHT? >>YES.
00:48:45.82\00:48:47.16
>>AND SO WHEN PEOPLE SAY,
'YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO
00:48:47.16\00:48:48.39
GO BE PART OF A CHURCH.
I'LL JUST WORSHIP GOD IN
00:48:48.39\00:48:50.53
MY OWN HEART, THANK
YOU JESUS.' YOU WON'T LAST.
00:48:50.53\00:48:53.73
OR YOU'LL BECOME
ECCENTRIC IN YOUR BELIEFS.
00:48:53.73\00:48:56.73
YOU NEED TO BOUNCE YOUR
EXPERIENCE OFF OTHER PEOPLE.
00:48:56.73\00:49:00.84
'OH, BUT PASTOR DOUG,
THERE'S HYPOCRITES IN THE
00:49:00.84\00:49:02.47
CHURCH.' AND THERE'S
ALWAYS ROOM FOR ONE MORE,
00:49:02.47\00:49:05.44
THAT'S WHY YOU NEED
TO GO.' (LAUGHTER) THAT'S
00:49:05.44\00:49:08.54
RIGHT, THERE ARE.
AND THEY'LL SAY 'THERE'S
00:49:08.54\00:49:10.81
PEOPLE THERE THAT
THEY'RE NOT NICE, THEY'RE NOT
00:49:10.81\00:49:13.15
FORGIVING AND THEY HURT MY
FEELINGS LAST TIME I WENT.'
00:49:13.15\00:49:16.75
YOU KNOW WHY WE GO TO CHURCH?
00:49:16.75\00:49:18.92
BECAUSE WE NEED
TO LEARN TO LOVE.
00:49:18.92\00:49:20.32
>>AMEN. >>I HAD NO PROBLEM
00:49:20.32\00:49:22.22
LEARNING TO LOVE WHEN I LIVED
IN A CAVE. THERE WAS NO ONE
00:49:22.22\00:49:25.36
TO ARGUE WITH, NO ONE
TO NOT GET ALONG WITH.
00:49:25.36\00:49:28.46
YOU DON'T HAVE TO
MAKE ANY ADJUSTMENTS.
00:49:28.46\00:49:29.76
GOD PUTS US IN A CHURCH
NOT JUST 'CAUSE IT'S FULL
00:49:29.76\00:49:31.90
OF HOLY PEOPLE,
BUT THERE'S SOME REAL
00:49:31.90\00:49:33.70
CHARACTERS THERE TOO AND
YOU'VE GOT TO LEARN TO LOVE.
00:49:33.70\00:49:36.74
LOOK AT HOW THE
APOSTLES FOUGHT AMONG THEMSELVES
00:49:36.74\00:49:39.74
AND THAT WAS JESUS' CHURCH.
00:49:39.74\00:49:41.58
YOU'VE GOT TO GO TO CHURCH.
00:49:41.58\00:49:43.91
SO PETER GOES TO THE UPPER ROOM.
00:49:43.91\00:49:46.21
HE CAME TO THE HOUSE
AND HE KNOCKED ON THE DOOR.
00:49:46.21\00:49:49.15
YOU KNOW, IT'S - THEY'RE
A LITTLE NERVOUS NOW, THEY
00:49:49.15\00:49:51.92
JUST KILLED JAMES,
THEY ARRESTED PETER, AND
00:49:51.92\00:49:53.66
THEY'RE KIND OF OUTLAWS
- AND HE KNOCKS ON THE DOOR
00:49:53.66\00:49:57.56
AND A GIRL NAME
RHODA CAME TO ANSWER.
00:49:57.56\00:50:02.53
AND SHE RECOGNIZED
PETER'S VOICE - BECAUSE OF HER
00:50:02.53\00:50:05.90
GLADNESS SHE DOES NOT
OPEN THE GATE BUT SHE RUNS TO
00:50:05.90\00:50:08.84
ANNOUNCE THAT
PETER IS AT THE GATE.
00:50:08.84\00:50:11.61
NOW YOU CAN PICTURE
THIS: SHE'S SAYING - HE'S GOING
00:50:11.61\00:50:13.98
- HE CAN HEAR ROMAN
SOLDIERS STARTING TO SHOUT
00:50:13.98\00:50:15.94
- THE TRUMPETS GOING OFF
- YOU KNOW, THE ALARM - AND
00:50:15.94\00:50:18.18
THEY'RE - THE HORSES ARE
COMING OUT OF THE GATE AND
00:50:18.18\00:50:19.95
THEY'RE GOING TO START
SWARMING THE CITY LOOKING
00:50:19.95\00:50:21.48
FOR HIM - HE'S JUST ESCAPED.
00:50:21.48\00:50:23.05
THERE'S GOING TO BE A,
YOU KNOW, MASS OF SOLDIERS
00:50:23.05\00:50:24.85
COMBING EVERYWHERE FOR
THIS - HE'S NOW GOING TO
00:50:24.85\00:50:28.22
BE THE FBI NUMBER ONE
PRISONER - MOST WANTED,
00:50:28.22\00:50:33.36
YEAH. SHE RECOGNIZES PETER'S
00:50:33.36\00:50:35.86
VOICE, BUT FOR GLADNESS
SHE DOESN'T OPEN THE DOOR.
00:50:35.86\00:50:39.80
BUT SHE RUNS IN TO SAY
'PETER'S AT THE DOOR.' AND
00:50:39.80\00:50:42.27
THEY SAID, 'RHODA,
WE'RE PRAYING.' 'LORD, PLEASE
00:50:42.27\00:50:45.71
SAVE YOUR SERVANT
PETER. WE BELIEVE THAT YOU CAN
00:50:45.71\00:50:48.58
DO SOMETHING.' SHE
SAID, 'PETER'S AT THE GATE!'
00:50:48.58\00:50:50.61
VERSE 15 - THEY SAID,
'YOU'RE BESIDE YOURSELF.'
00:50:50.61\00:50:53.35
THAT MEANS 'YOU'RE
CRAZY.' BOY CHURCH REALLY DOES
00:50:53.35\00:50:56.58
HAVE PROBLEMS. HERE
THEY ARE PRAYING FOR
00:50:56.58\00:50:57.99
PETER AND SHE SAYS,
'HE'S AT THE DOOR.' AND PETER'S
00:50:57.99\00:51:01.79
KNOCKING AT THE
DOOR AND SHE'S GOING,
00:51:01.79\00:51:04.86
'WHO IS THIS?' 'THIS IS PETER.'
00:51:04.86\00:51:06.16
'PETER'S NOT
HERE.' 'NO, I'M PETER.
00:51:06.16\00:51:07.96
OPEN THE DOOR.' (LAUGHTER)
'SORRY, CAN YOU COME BACK
00:51:07.96\00:51:11.87
LATER?' (LAUGHTER) SHE SAID -
00:51:11.87\00:51:14.40
PETER COULD HAVE SAID,
'LOOK, IF THEY DON'T WANT
00:51:14.40\00:51:15.90
TO LET ME IN THE
CHURCH, I'M JUST GOING TO STAY
00:51:15.90\00:51:17.47
OUT HERE AND BE LOST.'
IF PEOPLE MISTREAT YOU,
00:51:17.47\00:51:21.18
YOU STILL GO TO CHURCH. >>AMEN.
00:51:21.18\00:51:23.28
>>THE BIBLE SAYS
PETER CONTINUED KNOCKING.
00:51:23.28\00:51:25.68
AND RHODA'S IN THERE. SHE'S
INSISTING PETER'S AT THE DOOR.
00:51:25.68\00:51:28.52
AND THEY SAID , 'NO,
MAYBE IT'S HIS ANGEL.' FRIENDS,
00:51:28.52\00:51:30.65
I DON'T EVEN
KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS.
00:51:30.65\00:51:32.12
(LAUGHTER) I DON'T KNOW
IF THEY THOUGHT MAYBE HE HAD
00:51:32.12\00:51:34.29
AN ANGEL THAT WAS
IMPERSONATING HIM OR
00:51:34.29\00:51:35.92
SOMETHING. OR MAYBE HE'D BEEN
00:51:35.92\00:51:37.89
EXECUTED AND THIS
IS SOME GHOST OF PETER?
00:51:37.89\00:51:40.83
THEIR THEOLOGY MAY
NOT EVEN HAVE BEEN SQUARE.
00:51:40.83\00:51:45.20
AND HE CONTINUED KNOCKING
SO THEY FINALLY OPENED THE
00:51:45.20\00:51:49.14
DOOR. YOU KNOW, JESUS SAID,
'KNOCK AND IT WILL BE OPENED
00:51:49.14\00:51:51.71
- AMEN? FINALLY OPENED THE DOOR.
00:51:51.71\00:51:53.98
THEY BROUGHT HIM AND
HE MOTIONED TO THEM TO BE
00:51:53.98\00:51:57.55
SILENT. HE SAID,
'SHH, DON'T MAKE A FUSS.
00:51:57.55\00:51:59.95
THEY'RE GOING TO
BE LOOKING FOR ME.'
00:51:59.95\00:52:01.58
AND HE SHARED HIS
TESTIMONY OF HOW THE LORD
00:52:01.58\00:52:04.12
BROUGHT HIM OUT OF PRISON.
00:52:04.12\00:52:05.32
AFTER GOD SAVES YOU,
WHAT DOES HE WANT YOU TO DO?
00:52:05.32\00:52:07.49
TELL OTHERS WHAT
GOD HAS DONE FOR YOU.
00:52:07.49\00:52:09.76
HE SAVES YOU TO REACH OTHERS.
00:52:09.76\00:52:13.03
AND THEN HE SAID, 'GO
TELL THESE THINGS TO JAMES' -
00:52:13.03\00:52:16.13
THAT WAS JAMES, THE
BROTHER OF JESUS - 'AND
00:52:16.13\00:52:18.00
THE OTHERS.' AND HE
DEPARTED AND WENT TO
00:52:18.00\00:52:19.93
ANOTHER PLACE. NOW
I CAN'T HELP BUT - IT
00:52:19.93\00:52:23.97
SAYS IN LUKE - LUKE
WRITES IT SO WELL, IT SAYS, 'NOW
00:52:23.97\00:52:26.61
THERE WAS NO SMALL STIR
AMONG THE SOLDIERS, WHAT
00:52:26.61\00:52:29.28
HAD HAPPENED TO
PETER.' NO SMALL STIR.
00:52:29.28\00:52:32.25
I WAS PLAYING HIDE AND
SEEK ONCE WITH MY KIDS AND
00:52:32.25\00:52:37.82
IN OUR CONVERTIBLE COUCH
THERE'S A POCKET UP IN THE
00:52:37.82\00:52:41.19
TOP AND I GOT AN IDEA
AND I PUT MY DAUGHTER IN THIS
00:52:41.19\00:52:46.19
HIDE-A-BED - I OPENED IT
UP AND - I KNOW, IT'S NOT
00:52:46.19\00:52:48.83
SAFE. DON'T TELL ME LATER - AND
00:52:48.83\00:52:50.23
I TUCKED HER IN AND I
CLOSED THE BED AND I KIND
00:52:50.23\00:52:53.80
OF SHOVED HER UP IN
THE BACK OF THE COUCH.
00:52:53.80\00:52:57.07
AND THEN HER LITTLE
BROTHERS CAME IN AND WERE
00:52:57.07\00:52:58.14
PLAYING HIDE AND SEEK AND
THEY'RE LOOKING FOR ME AND
00:52:58.14\00:52:59.84
THEY FIND ME AND THEY
FIND THE OTHER BROTHER AND THEN
00:52:59.84\00:53:02.58
THE TWO BOYS ARE
SAYING, 'WHERE'S RACHEL?'
00:53:02.58\00:53:05.51
I SAID, 'SHE'S IN THE
ROOM.' AND THEY'RE LOOKING
00:53:05.51\00:53:07.58
ALL OVER, YOU KNOW,
BEHIND THE CURTAINS, IN THE
00:53:07.58\00:53:09.38
CLOSET. 'WHERE IS SHE?'
00:53:09.38\00:53:11.35
I SAID, 'SHE'S HERE.'
AND SHE'S BEING REAL QUIET -
00:53:11.35\00:53:13.46
THAT OR SHE SUFFOCATED
- I DON'T KNOW, SHE'S -
00:53:13.46\00:53:15.06
(LAUGHTER) - SHE'S
LIKE NINE YEARS OLD.
00:53:15.06\00:53:19.56
AND IT WAS SO
FUNNY TO WATCH MY BOYS -
00:53:19.56\00:53:21.36
EVENTUALLY, YOU
KNOW, THEY'RE LIKE FIVE AND
00:53:21.36\00:53:23.20
SEVEN YEARS OLD -
THEY'RE LOOKING FOR THEIR
00:53:23.20\00:53:24.57
NINE-YEAR-OLD SISTER
- THEY WALKED AROUND - I
00:53:24.57\00:53:26.57
SAID, 'SHE'S HERE.' I
DON'T LIE TO MY KIDS - I
00:53:26.57\00:53:28.00
SAID, 'SHE'S IN THE ROOM.'
THEY COMBED OVER THE ROOM.
00:53:28.00\00:53:30.47
PRETTY SOON THEY WENT
OVER TO A BOOK AND PICK UP A
00:53:30.47\00:53:32.07
BOOK AND THEY LOOK
UNDER THE BOOK - (LAUGHTER) -
00:53:32.07\00:53:33.94
FOR THEIR SISTER, YOU KNOW?
00:53:33.94\00:53:35.24
AND THEY'RE, YOU
KNOW, LIKE LOOKING UNDER THE
00:53:35.24\00:53:36.68
LAMP AND THEY'RE GOING
- CAN YOU IMAGINE THOSE
00:53:36.68\00:53:40.25
ROMAN SOLDIERS WHEN THEY
WOKE UP AND THEY LOOKED AT
00:53:40.25\00:53:41.98
THEIR CHAINS? AND HE
SHOVED HIS FRIEND AND SAID,
00:53:41.98\00:53:44.82
'THAT'S NOT FUNNY!
WHERE'D YOU PUT HIM?'
00:53:44.82\00:53:47.69
AND HE WAKES UP AND HE
SAYS, 'OH, THEY MUST HAVE
00:53:47.69\00:53:49.32
GOTTEN US
DRUNK. WHAT'D THEY DO?'
00:53:49.32\00:53:50.76
AND THEN THEY'RE KNOCKING
ON THE DOOR AND THEY SAID,
00:53:50.76\00:53:51.76
'NO, WE CAN'T LET YOU
OUT UNTIL THE EXECUTION.'
00:53:51.76\00:53:53.66
'HE'S NOT IN HERE!'
AND THEY START COMBING
00:53:53.66\00:53:55.96
THROUGH THE STRAW
IN THE PRISON CELL.
00:53:55.96\00:53:59.10
'THERE WAS NO SMALL
STIR AMONG THE SOLDIERS WHAT
00:53:59.10\00:54:02.07
HAD BECOME OF PETER.'
AND I CAN TELL YOU, FRIENDS,
00:54:02.07\00:54:05.34
THERE WAS NO SMALL
STIR IN HELL'S HEADQUARTERS.
00:54:05.34\00:54:08.74
THEY THOUGHT
THEY HAD THE APOSTLE.
00:54:08.74\00:54:10.55
THEY THOUGHT
THERE WAS NO WAY OUT.
00:54:10.55\00:54:13.08
AND THE DEMONS WERE GOING CRAZY.
00:54:13.08\00:54:14.75
'WE HAD HIM! HE'S
GONE!' AND THAT'S WHAT THE LORD
00:54:14.75\00:54:18.79
WANTS TO DO FOR
YOU. HE CAN SET YOU FREE.
00:54:18.79\00:54:22.52
WHAT THE LORD DID FOR
PETER, HE WANTS TO DO FOR
00:54:22.52\00:54:25.89
EACH OF US. HE
WANTS TO TAKE YOU FROM
00:54:25.89\00:54:28.50
THE PRISON TO THE
PALACE. NOW, YOU KNOW, I SAVED
00:54:28.50\00:54:31.53
THE BEST FOR LAST.
JESUS WAS IN A PRISON
00:54:31.53\00:54:35.94
AND THERE WAS NO WAY OF ESCAPE.
00:54:35.94\00:54:38.87
HE WAS IN THAT TOMB
AND THEY HAD GUARDS AT THE
00:54:38.87\00:54:41.64
DOOR. AND THEY THOUGHT, 'HE'S
00:54:41.64\00:54:44.01
DEAD.' THE DEVIL
THOUGHT, 'FINALLY HE'S DEAD.
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I CAN NOW BE
NUMBER TWO IN THE TRINITY.
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I'M GOING TO BE TAKING
THE SON OF GOD'S PLACE.' AND
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WHEN THE ANGEL OF THE
LORD CAME DOWN AND ROLLED AWAY
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THAT STONE, JESUS
WENT FROM THE PRISON TO THE
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PALACE. HE ASCENDED TO THE RIGHT
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HAND OF THE FATHER.
(SOFT PIANO MUSIC) AND
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WHY DOES GOD
SAVE US FROM PRISON?
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SO THAT HE CAN USE US TO
INTERCEDE FOR AND TO WORK
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TO SAVE OTHERS. >>AMEN.
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>>IS JESUS STILL THERE? >>AMEN.
00:55:14.04\00:55:16.54
>>IS HE STILL AT
THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD?
00:55:16.54\00:55:17.71
>>YES. >>IS HE STILL THERE
00:55:17.71\00:55:18.98
INTERCEDING SO PEOPLE
CAN BE SAVED FROM PRISON?
00:55:18.98\00:55:21.85
>>AMEN. >>IT SAYS IN ISAIAH 53,
00:55:21.85\00:55:24.59
HE CAME FROM PRISON AND
JUDGMENT, BUT GOD DID NOT
00:55:24.59\00:55:27.82
LEAVE HIM IN HADES,
HE BROUGHT HIM TO HEAVEN.
00:55:27.82\00:55:31.19
HE IS AT THE RIGHT HAND
OF THE GREATEST PALACE IN THE
00:55:31.19\00:55:34.10
COSMOS. AND JESUS SAID,
'I WANT TO TAKE YOU THERE.'
00:55:34.10\00:55:39.20
DO YOU WANT TO GO? >>YES.
00:55:39.20\00:55:40.64
>>DO YOU WANT TO
BE IN THOSE PLACES?
00:55:40.64\00:55:42.57
THE ANGEL IS COMING TO
YOU AND HE'S SAYING, 'ARISE
00:55:42.57\00:55:44.51
AND FOLLOW ME.' DON'T ARGUE.
00:55:44.51\00:55:47.71
MAKE YOUR MIND UP TO
FOLLOW JESUS AND HE WILL
00:55:47.71\00:55:50.25
BREAK THE CHAINS
THAT BIND YOU, FRIEND.
00:55:50.25\00:55:51.68
HE CAN SET YOU FREE AND
GIVE YOU A NEW LIFE AND YOU
00:55:51.68\00:55:54.15
CAN EXPERIENCE
VICTORY. WOULD YOU LIKE THAT?
00:55:54.15\00:55:55.98
>>YES. >>SHALL WE ASK HIM AS WE
00:55:55.98\00:55:57.69
PRAY AND YOU WHO ARE WATCHING?
00:55:57.69\00:56:00.46
FATHER IN HEAVEN, WE THANK
YOU AND PRAISE YOU FOR THIS
00:56:00.46\00:56:02.99
MESSAGE THAT IS WALL TO
WALL IN YOUR WORD. THAT YOU LEAD
00:56:02.99\00:56:06.43
US OUT OF DARKNESS, YOU
CALL US TO LIVE, AND TO REIGN
00:56:06.43\00:56:09.56
WITH YOU. AND TO SEAT US
IN HEAVENLY PLACES, BRINGING
00:56:09.56\00:56:12.63
US FROM THE DEVIL'S
DUNGEON, TO YOUR KINGDOM.
00:56:12.63\00:56:15.10
LORD, DO THAT NOW, FOR
ALL WHO ARE HERE, ALL THAT ARE
00:56:15.10\00:56:18.47
WATCHING AND HELP
US TO FOLLOW JESUS.
00:56:18.47\00:56:21.24
WE PRAY IN HIS
NAME, AMEN. (MUSIC)
00:56:21.24\00:56:29.08
>>AMAZING FACTS BEGAN IN 1965
WITH A GOD-INSPIRED CONCEPT.
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AND THE AMAZING FACTS BROADCAST
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FACTS WHICH AFFECT YOU.
>>EACH RADIO BROADCAST WOULD
00:56:38.09\00:56:41.90
BEGIN WITH AN AMAZING FACT FROM
00:56:41.90\00:56:44.03
SCIENCE, NATURE, OR HISTORY,
FOLLOWED BY A BIBLE MESSAGE THAT
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TOUCHED THE HEARTS OF LISTENERS
FROM EVERY WALK OF LIFE.
00:56:47.94\00:56:51.87
THE PROGRAM WAS AN INSTANT
SUCCESS AND THE MINISTRY SOON
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BEGAN EXPANDING TO
INCLUDE BIBLE LESSONS.
00:56:55.51\00:56:58.45
IN 1986 AMAZING FACTS ADDED
THE MEDIUM OF TELEVISION TO ITS
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GROWING OUTREACH
EFFORTS, OFFERING SOUL-WINNING
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FOR 50 YEARS, THE DRIVING VISION
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BOLD PROCLAMATION OF THE
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EVANGELISM PROGRAM - AFCOE - THE
MINISTRY IS HELPING GOD'S CHURCH
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SEE A RICH HARVEST OF SOULS.
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AMAZING FACTS: GOD'S
MESSAGE, OUR MISSION.
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